The government of Quebec wants to reproduce in the east of Montreal the success obtained with the Bécancour provincial industrial park.

He created the Land Development Company in Eastern Montreal to acquire, decontaminate and resell contaminated industrial land.

The Minister responsible for Housing, France-Élaine Duranceau, and the Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy, Minister responsible for Regional Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Metropolis and the Montreal region, Pierre Fitzgibbon, made the announcement Monday morning on the sidelines of the Eastern Summit.

“The City of Montreal benefited from an envelope of 100 million to decontaminate and rehabilitate land in the eastern sector of the city, underlined Minister Fitzgibbon at a press conference. Few owners to date have been able to take advantage of the program. We must therefore work hard. We had also promised a second 100 million, here it is. And if we need to add other capital to the company, we will be there. »

The government’s goal is to provide industrialists with land ready for construction. “The Bécancour experience is proof of this,” insisted the minister. We will provide the necessary infrastructure to accommodate large-scale economic projects. »

The first efforts will be concentrated on the immense land of at least 650,000 square meters, owned by the oil company Esso, located in Montreal East. Due to its size and its location between Sherbrooke and Notre-Dame, its revitalization is essential to the redevelopment of the eastern part of the territory.

“This is an announcement that has the potential to change the face of eastern Montreal and give this sector the necessary means to escape its heavily industrial past and develop to its full potential.” , said for her part Minister France-Élaine Duranceau, on the same occasion.