Residents lose noise complaint against Parc Jean-Drapeau music festivals

MONTREAL – Saint-Lambert residents will have to continue to bear with the noise coming from Parc Jean-Drapeau this summer.

Judge Chantal Corriveau refused the request for an injunction by the city of Saint-Lambert Friday to force big-scale festivals like Osheaga and Heavy MTL to turn down the music after 7 p.m.

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Many of the events are promoted by Evenko.

Residents had complained the noise was unbearably loud, and some insisted they had even lost sleep because of it.

Corriveau wrote in her 15-page ruling that the noise did not exceed the 80-decibel limit and so asking festival organizers to lower the volume would inconvenience the events and the festival-goers more than the residents.