Public consultation for the Rielle mechanical ventilation station
The public consultation process is now completed.
Here is the report of the commission as well as the STM action plan resulting from this process:
- Public consultation
- Information session
- Tell us what you think
- Information on the public consultation process
- Documents and useful links
Public consultation
Before presenting the project to the City of Montréal and requesting a by-law change, the STM hired an independent commission to lead a public consultation, so that community members would have the chance to express their opinions on the Rielle mechanical ventilation station (MVS) expansion project. The commission will collect the community’s comments and suggestions to prepare its report.
The MVS is located between Rielle and Gordon streets, north of Wellington Street, next to the Gordon municipal parking lot. It has reached the end of its useful life and needs to be expanded and upgraded to comply with current noise and ventilation standards.
This project is part of our métro network infrastructure update program.
More information on the Rielle mechanical ventilation station
Information session: November 3, 2022, 6:30 p.m.
Question submission period: ends November 3, 2022
Period for submitting your input on the project: November 4 to 29, 2022
Input session: November 29, 6:30 p.m.
Information session
Information session on Thursday, November 3, 6:30 p.m.
You can now view the recording of the virtual information session.(Available in French only.)
Tell us what you think
Community members had until November 29, 2022 to express their opinions, wishes and suggestions regarding the project.
Input session on Tuesday, November 29, 2022
This is a forum where you can address the public consultation commissioners directly. You can share your input, expectations and suggestions about the project.
The session will be held in person with the option to attend virtually. If you would like to speak during the session, you must book a time slot by November 24 by emailing us at consultation@stm.info. Please include your name, phone number and whether you will be attending in person or virtually. You can also call customer service, and one of our agents will forward your contact information to the appropriate people.
You will be given a time slot to speak directly to the consultation commission on the evening of November 29, as of 6:30 p.m.
If you are unable to attend, a video recording of the session will be posted on this page after the event.
The in-person session will be held at the Verdun Borough Hall:
4555 De Verdun Street
Montréal, Quebec H4G 1M4
Share your input with the public commission
November 4 to 29, 2022
There are four ways you can give your input on the project:
1. Written statement
You can send your written statement to consultation@stm.info or mail it to the address below by November 29 at 6:30 P.M.
Public consultation – Richelieu MVS
Corporate Secretary
800 De La Gauchetière Street West
Main floor, Suite 1170
Montréal, Quebec H5A1J6
2. Verbal statement
If you would like to speak during the session, you must book a time slot by November 24 by emailing us at consultation@stm.info. Please include your name, phone number and whether you will be attending in person or virtually.
You can also call customer service (514-786-4636 + press 6 + press 1), and one of our agents will forward your contact information to the appropriate people.
We will contact you in advance to schedule a time slot, test your Zoom connection and let you know what to do next. You will speak directly to the consultation commission on the evening of November 29, as of 6:30 p.m.
3. Call in
You can call us at 514-STM-INFO by November 29, 2022, to share your input. Choose option 6, then option 1 (514-786-4636 + press 6 + press 1). An STM agent will compile your statements into a written document and forward it to the commissioners.
4. Pre-recorded video
You can record a short video (no more than 10 minutes) giving us your input. You may include a presentation or written document with your video. Send your video and any accompanying document, if applicable, to consultation@stm.info by November 29, 2022.
Information on the public consultation process
To carry out the Rielle MVS expansion and upgrade project, the STM must obtain a by-law from the City of Montréal’s Agglomeration Council to ensure that the project is compliant.
To obtain this by-law, the STM must first hold a public consultation in accordance with its corporate policy entitled “Politique de consultation publique – réseau du métro (PC 1.14).”
Once the consultation process has been completed, the independent commission will submit its report.
- Our Board of Directors initiates the consultation process by creating a commission.
- The commission is made up of a chair and two commissioners from outside the STM who are mandated by the STM’s Board of Directors.
- Citizens are invited to take part in the public consultation through various means of communication such as the website, newspapers, posters at the planned worksite and invitations delivered to mailboxes.
- Citizens are invited to take part in three ways:
- By attending the information session, with project presentation and question period
- By attending the input session
- By sending in their written opinion regarding the consultation
- The commissioners then submit a report to the STM with their recommendations based on citizens’ comments.
- The commission’s work ends once the report is submitted.
Documents and useful links
(Available in French only)
- Art. 158.3, loi sur les sociétés de transports en commun (consultation publique)
- Politique de consultation publique de la STM PC 1.14
Information and documents provided by the STM
- Presentation of the information session that took place on November 3, 2022
- Answers to additional questions from participants
- Presentation of the information session that took place on November 3, 2022
- Traffic study for the construction work on the Rielle mechanical ventilation station
- Solar study report
- Answers to additional questions
- Noise study
Opinions and suggestions addressed to the commissioners between November 3 to 29, 2022
- Elsa Ekomie (second intervention)
- Jacquelin Gauthier
- Nicolas Le Jeune
- Nadine Lessard
- Francis Waddell (first intervention) and photos used to express his opinion
Report from the public consultation