Bad sewer connections

It will be interesting to see whether or not the City of Montreal will help property owners defray the costs incurred by the corrections that will need to be made in the sewer connections. At the press conference, this past Monday, borough engineer, Jean Cardin, stated the opposite, claiming that such a program no longer exists.

Some of our readers will undoubtedly be surprised to find out that, out of the 8,300 addresses visited, a number of commercial establishments were also included. Inspectors did not visit each individual unit, in their tour of commercial buildings. In the majority of cases, there would be only one storm drain for the entire building, and as a result, it was considered as one single civic address, even if a number of offices and businesses were in place.

During the press conference on August 6th, the borough hastened to correct the misinformation contained in a Montreal daily paper. There won't be 18,000 people who will eventually reside on the Island's northern sector, but only 2,700. No residential project is currently in the works at the moment. Only commercial development has commenced.

Le Magazine will continue to inform its readers on this file's progress, including the results of analyses to be conducted until September. The tests are to determine whether or not the faulty connections are, in any way, an error made by the borough.