Controversy over Dorval housing project continues!
26 May 2019
The future of a sprawling piece of premium green space property in Dorval rests with the Quebec Environment Department.
Officials have to decide whether to approve a request from Presti Homes and Development to back-fill land and extend sewage and water pipes for a luxury housing project to be built. The promoter wants to construct 31 houses at the McConnell Woods, a waterfront piece of property on Lakeshore Road.
But some of the houses would be built in a flood zone.
“I cannot comment on this project in particular because we are analyzing the situation,” Environment Minister Benoit Charette said.
He added that the government is taking a hard look at all future real estate development projects near flood zones.
“We won’t be able to continue to build our cities like we did during the last decades,” he said.
