Projet Montral wants to add 'Pink line' to Metro

It's official: Projet Montralwants to add a "Pink line" to the Montreal Metro system.

First floated by ValriePlante in last fall's leadership campaign, theidea was among a number of proposalsadopted at a weekend convention.

The linewould rundiagonally from Montreal North through downtown and, potentially, further south and west all the way to Lachine.

Planteestimated last fall that the line would cost roughly $6 billion the cost ofMontreal's light-railproject, which would link downtown Montreal with the South Shore and West Island.

On Radio-Canada's Gravel le matin, Planteacknowledgedthe idea for another Metro linewas ambitious, butmaintained it was achievable.

"The problem is we haven't put enough investment into public transit in the past 50 years," she said.

Plantesaid a Blue line extension, an idea that has been floated by politicians for decades, is also a priority for the party.

Over the weekend, party membersalso adopted a new name,Projet Montralquipe ValriePlante.

The change is an attempt to raisetheir leader's profile ahead of the municipal election in November,when she will face off against Mayor Denis Coderre.

While ProjetMontral holds only 17 of 65 seats at City Hall, compared to 33 forquipe Denis Coderre, Plante is hopeful she can make major inroads five months from now.

"People are tired of being taken for granted,"she said."Denis Coderre does it a lot by cutting a lot of ribbons, but he has little presence on the field."

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