Independant public consultation - Bellechasse mechanical ventilation station

Public consultation

This project will involve building and installing a new mechanical ventilation station (MVS) to ensure proper air flow in the métro network. The new MVS will be located on Bellechasse Street between De Chateaubriand and De Saint-Vallier.

Before presenting the project to the City of Montréal and requesting a by-law change, the STM hired an independent commission to lead a public consultation, so that community members would have the chance to express their opinions on this new project. The commission will collect the community’s comments and suggestions to prepare its report.

Information session: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Period for submitting your input on the project:

The submission period has been extended to Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 5 p.m.

Input session:

  1. Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
  2. Thursday, December 5 at 6:00 p.m.
  3. Tuesday, December 10 at 6:00 p.m.

Learn more about Bellechasse mechanical ventilation station.

Information session

 

An information session was held on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, to present the project to local residents. Those present were able to directly address their questions to the commission and the project team.

The video recording of the session will be posted on this page shortly.

Consult the presentation content (French version only).

View the video recording of the information session of November 12, 2024.

Input session (hybride mode)

Venue change

In order to accommodate as many participants as possible, opinion sessions will now take place at :
              
La Maisonnette des parents - Dorimène Room
6651 Saint-Laurent Blvd.         
Montreal (QC) H2S 3C5

There will be three input sessions :

  • Tuesday, December 3, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Access the live broadcast on YouTube (viewer mode only, it will not be possible to comment under the video).

  • Thursday, December 5, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Access the live broadcast on YouTube (viewer mode only, it will not be possible to comment under the video).

  • Tuesday, December 10, from 6 pm. to 10 p.m.

Access the live broadcast on YouTube (viewer mode only, it will not be possible to comment under the video).

To express your opinion at a session, you must make an appointment before November 30, 2024.

You will be able speak directly to the public consultation commissioners to share your opinions, wishes or suggestions about the project.

Make an appointment :

  • By e-mail to consultation@stm.info, mentioning your name and telephone number;
  • By telephone at 514 786-4636.

To speak at the session, you must have made an appointment in advance.

You can also attend the session without speaking, as a spectator, on site or virtually on YouTube.

When registering, you can choose to express your opinion either:

  • In person: at La Maisonnette des Parent (Dorimène Room), 6651 Saint-Laurent Blvd., Montreal (QC) H2S 3C5

or

  • Virtually: via the Zoom platform. You will be given a fixed time to appear before the independent commission.

For other ways to submit an opinion, see “Share your opinion with the Public Commission”, below.

Share your opinion with the public commission

The submission period has been extended to Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 5 p.m.

There are five ways you can give your input on the project:

1. Guided survey

You can fill out our survey (questions available in French only) on the main topic of the consultation, which is how the Bellechasse MVS will affect local residents during construction and once it’s operational.

I want to answer the guided survey.

I want to see the questions of the guided survey (you can send the answers by email at consultation@stm.info)

  2. Written statement

You can send your written statement to consultation@stm.info or mail it to the address below by January 14, 2025 at 5 p.m.:

Consultation publique – PVM Bellechasse
Secrétariat corporatif
800, rue De La Gauchetière Ouest
Rez-de-chaussée, bureau 1170
Montréal (Québec)  H5A 1J6

3. Spoken statement to the commission

If you’d like to speak during the information session, you must book a time slot by emailing your name and phone number to consultation@stm.info no later than November 30, 2024. You can also call customer service (514-786-4636 + option 8 + option 6 + Option 1), and one of our agents will forward your contact information to the commission.

If you'd like to speak at the meeting in hybrid mode, we'll contact you to arrange a time slot and test your access to the Zoom platform. You'll receive an e-mail with a link to your virtual appointment and instructions on how to proceed.

All appearances before the Commission will be by appointment, on the evenings of December 3, 5 or 10, 2024.

4. By phone

You can call us at 514 STM-INFO + option 8 + option 6 + option 1 (514 786-4636 + option 6 + option 1) until January 14, 2025 at 5 p.m. to verbally share your input. An STM agent will compile your statements into a written document and forward it to the commissioners.

5. By pre-recorded video

You can record a short video (no more than 10 minutes) giving us your input. You may include a presentation or written document with your video. Send your video and any accompanying document, if applicable, to consultation@stm.info by January 14, 2025 at 5 p.m.

Learn more about the process

To carry out the Bellechasse MVS replacement project, STM must obtain a by-law from the City of Montréal’s Agglomeration Council to ensure that the project is compliant.

To obtain this by-law, the STM must first hold a public consultation in accordance with its corporate policy entitled Politique de consultation publique – réseau du métro (PC 1.14) (French only).

Once the consultation process has been completed, the independent commission will submit its report.

  1. The STM Board of Directors initiates the consultation process by creating a commission.
  2. The members of the commission — a chair and two commissioners from outside the STM — are chosen by the Board of Directors.
  3. People are invited to take part in the public consultation through various means of communication, such as newspapers, mail‑outs, the website, and posters at the planned worksite.
  4. Citizens are invited to express their opinions in 3 ways:
    1. By attending the information session, which includes a project presentation and question period;
    2. By attending the input session;
    3. By submitting their written, oral or a video input.
  5. The commissioners then submit a report to the STM with their recommendations.

The commission's work ends once the report is submitted.

Documents and useful links

Procedure

 

Documents requested by the independant commission

Information clarifying the status of the expropriation file for the building at 530-532 rue de Bellechasse (French only).

Additional answers - Bellechasse MVS location (French only)

Input submitted to the commission between November 13, 2024 and January 14, 2025

To come.

Public commission's report

To come.

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