Debate over future of Côte Saint-Luc Road heats up Hampstead election campaign – Montreal

Côte Saint-Luc Street has develop into the focus of a debate in Hampstead’s election marketing campaign, and whether or not some tenants have a spot within the city.

“Why would I need my neighbours to be kicked out of their properties and never have the ability to come again?” Hampstead resident Adriana Decker wished to know.

The dispute is over whether or not the Hampstead part of the key thoroughfare, between Dufferin Avenue and Holtham Avenue, needs to be up-zoned to permit for 10-storey condominium buildings.

Excessive-rises are actually capped at 5 flooring.

In keeping with mayoral incumbent William Steinberg, up-zoning “would usher in $1.8 million further tax income.”

He identified that apart from residential properties, the city has no different main supply of revenue. That further income, he insists, might assist fund a serious undertaking he believes the municipality wants.

“Constructing a brand new civic centre inside 4 years in Hampstead Park,” he informed World Information.

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Zeev Rosberger, who lives not removed from the city corridor on Queen Mary Street agrees with Steingberg’s imaginative and prescient, saying the backyard group has no business tax base and so the extra income can be welcome.

“This is a chance so as to add to the lifetime of the group, to maintain taxes low but develop tasks that can profit the group.”

New 10-storey buildings would imply demolishing present moderate-income flats on the road, in response to Steinberg.

Those that disagree with the incumbent mayor level to the housing disaster in Montreal.

“There’s an pressing want for moderate-income housing,” Decker harassed, “and that’s what Hampstead has now.”

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In response to that argument, Steinberg mentioned, “social and inexpensive housing — Montreal is accountable for doing these issues.”

He famous that Hampstead’s agglomeration taxes assist pay for these sorts of dwellings.

The brand new 10-storey flats would probably be too costly for present tenants, he claimed.

“It’s going to attract folks from different buildings the place they’ll afford these,” he mentioned, “and that’s going to create extra vacancies within the cheaper buildings.”

He maintained that the city would assist tenants discover new locations.

Decker mentioned she was angered by Steinberg’s reasoning.

“That’s precisely what gentrification is,” she mentioned. Folks with reasonable revenue need to dwell in Hampstead as a result of they work near [the town] and since they grew up right here.”

“They need to benefit from the superb parks and facilities we’ve.”

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Jeremy Levi, Steinberg’s opponent for mayor, thinks any plan to re-develop Côte Saint-Luc Street shouldn’t be rushed.

“If we are able to work out a solution to make the tenants comfortable, and the Queen Mary [Road] householders comfortable,” he mentioned, “that’s honest.”

Householders on Queen Mary Street argue 10-storey buildings on Côte Saint-Luc would block daylight and result in much more site visitors congestion within the space.

Levi additionally calls into query the plan for a brand new civic centre.

“A $20 million civic centre isn’t essentially in the very best curiosity of Hampstead,” he mentioned.

Levi believes it could put the city in debt, noting one at half the price might be manageable.

Residents go to the polls on Nov. 7.