VAUDREUIL-DORION – Transports Quebec is in the midst of a huge construction blitz in Vaudreuil-Dorion – and the department can’t build new roads fast enough to accommodate a massive housing boom that shows no sign of slowing down.
Whether it’s high density condominiums or street after street of semi-attached houses, Vaudreuil’s annual population growth is five times higher than the national average.
“Vaudreuil-Dorion area is the new affordable West Island,” explained Michael Sochaczevski with M.C. Bayview Investments Inc.
Sochaczevski is the man behind a mammoth residential and commercial development project.
In addition to the homes, a new school has recently opened in the area.
The city built a state-of-the-art sports complex and the commercial district continues to expand.
A total of 10 million square feet of land is marked for new homes and businesses.
“It’s at the confluence of the 20, the 40, the 30 so you can get anywhere in a reasonable amount of time,” said Sochaczevski.
Massive new infrastructure work is now well underway to meet the city’s demands.
Transports Quebec has ordered two new overpasses to be built above Highway 40 and local streets are being overhauled – including Saint-Charles avenue, which is being widened to add more lanes.
The work is making it very difficult for many to get around, but developers say it’s a necessary evil.
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‘The city and province are keeping up with the demand for people in the area,” explained Sochaczevski.
One the casualties of booming Vaudreuil is the AMT parking lot at the train station, which is quickly running out of room.
Vaudreuil’s mayor is already putting pressure on the AMT to create more parking spaces.
“I made many interventions on the AMT to say ‘what is the problem? what is the problem?'” said Guy Pilon, the mayor of Vaudreuil.
Pilon wants to make sure public transit infrastructure is in place to meet growing population demands.
The mayor insists he can handle the rapid growth.
He just hopes infrastructure work – that’s mostly out of his control – keeps up with the demand.
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