North side of NDG Park to reopen after devastating Montreal storm

The northern part of NDG Park will reopen this weekend after a microburst and thunderstorm devastated parts of Montreal last week.

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Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough Mayor Russell Copeman took to Twitter to announce that inspectors had cleared the section of the park to be reopened.

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The south side will remain closed until inspectors deem it safe for the public.

WATCH BELOW: Amateur footage shows debris flying through the air as a severe storm swept through Montreal.

0:38 Severe storm hits Montreal sends debris flying through the air

“There’s a lot of work to do because there’s a lot of trees that damaged houses, cars so we need to remove them,” explained Pierre Boutin, NDG’s director of public works, last Friday.

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The storm damaged an estimated 100 homes, “scores and scores of cars” and 400 trees.

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