Summary#
On 15 December 2025, Montréal City Council adopted a decision to amend a 1994 permission covering municipal water and sewer pipes along and across the Bonaventure Highway corridor. The change is conditional on signing the bilateral promise to buy and sell land made up of rue Carrie-Derick and nearby land in the Sud-Ouest borough. The stated goal is to let the City continue operating its pipes on land that is to be sold to the federal corporation Les Ponts Jacques Cartier et Champlain (PJCCI).
- The existing permission covers installing, keeping, using, maintaining and repairing a sanitary sewer, storm sewer, main water pipe and secondary water pipe.
- The amendment extends that permission’s terms to the land covered by the Carrie-Derick sale.
- The decision amends an existing permission; it does not itself sell the land. A separate council decision approved the sale to PJCCI for $286,001 plus applicable taxes.
What it means for you#
- The City: It will continue to have permission to operate and maintain the listed pipes on the affected land, subject to the amended terms.
- PJCCI: The permission will apply to land it is to acquire, alongside the Bonaventure Highway redevelopment.
- Residents and businesses: The decision does not directly change utility service, property rights outside the affected land, or traffic rules.
Money#
City staff say this decision has no impact on the City’s budget.
- The related land sale was approved at $286,001 plus applicable taxes.
- City staff say PJCCI will fully fund the boulevard and linear park. The City’s separate work in the Pointe-Saint-Charles business park is to be funded through the 2026–2035 capital program; no amount is given here.
What is unclear#
- The materials do not set out the amendment’s exact wording, boundaries, duration or detailed terms.
- They do not give a cost for work to maintain or repair the pipes on the land.
- The sale is a condition of this decision, but the materials do not confirm when the promise will be signed or the land transferred.
Case for#
- The amendment can preserve the City’s ability to operate and repair its water and sewer pipes after the land changes hands.
- City staff say the amendment is a condition of the land sale and is needed for the redevelopment project to proceed.
Case against#
- The materials do not spell out the revised terms or how costs and responsibilities for future pipe work will be handled.
- Without those details, the public cannot assess the long-term obligations attached to the permission.