Summary#
Montréal city council adopted, unanimously on December 15, 2025, a decision offering Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Borough the lead role in the process to ratify a maintenance agreement between Montréal and Côte Saint-Luc. City staff say the goal is to formalize who is responsible for maintaining the Côte-Saint-Luc Road underpass where it crosses the Canadian Pacific tracks, near West Broadway Avenue.
- The borough council must accept the service offer by resolution before it takes effect.
- The borough would lead the ratification process and act as Montréal’s main contact with Côte Saint-Luc. Montréal’s Bridges and Tunnels section and other relevant city services are to take part in discussions.
- This decision does not approve the maintenance agreement. That agreement, including the division of responsibilities and costs, will be brought forward separately.
- City staff say the agreement is intended to cover the underpass facilities, including the pumping station, but not the railway bridge carrying the Canadian Pacific tracks.
What it means for you#
- Residents and road users: This decision does not itself change maintenance work, public access, or who pays for it.
- The borough and the two cities: The borough has been offered the lead role in the agreement process, but must accept it. The existing maintenance and cost-sharing terms are not replaced by this decision.
Money#
No cost estimate is provided for this administrative service offer.
- The future agreement is to set how Montréal and Côte Saint-Luc share maintenance costs. Its terms and amounts are not in this decision.
- No staffing cost or new funding amount is stated.
What is unclear#
- The materials do not say whether or when the borough will accept the offer.
- The future agreement’s responsibilities, cost shares, and terms for maintaining and operating the pumping station are not yet set out here.
- The timing of the agreement and its approval is not given.
Case for#
- City staff say a lead contact is needed to negotiate the agreement. The decision gives the borough that role while keeping relevant Montréal services involved.
- Staff say formalizing the arrangement would clarify each city’s maintenance responsibilities.
Case against#
- The decision leaves the key practical matters—maintenance responsibilities and cost sharing—to a later agreement.
- The process depends on the borough accepting the offer; until then, this decision alone does not complete the ratification process.