After 2 years of lobbying, Plateau street gets $370K green makeover

Residents in the Plateau-Mont-Royalcame together Sunday afternoon to inaugurate the newPoitevin Street complete with $370,000 worth of new trees, plants and paving.

It's a renovation that locals have been lobbying for over the last two years, and when it comes to the high price tag, they say it's worth every penny.

"I imagine trees that are giving life to the community, and the greening, and everything is so well worth it," saidDanielleRosset-Stepheson

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In all, the streetnow boasts45 new trees, 1,500 plants and new pavement $57,000 of which was paid for by the federal government.

PoitevinStreet, located between De La RocheStreet andChristophe-ColombAvenue, is now 20 per cent covered in greenery.

It's not categorized as an alley, since several properties face onto it and use it for theirmain civic address, explained city councillorMarianneGigure.

She told CBC this effort helps make the street no just greener, but safer as well.

"The street was a very, very large one, just full of asphalt and parking. And they would say our kids, they can't go and play there safely."

Gigure's party,Projet Montral, says the Poitevin street conversion is the largest of its kind in the borough.

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