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Originally Posted by Bdog
It's my understanding that the developer tried to do high-density development in Pointe Hebert, but the sewer and water infrastructure could not handle much more than the single-family homes that got built. That's the hidden cost of doing infill that doesn't get talked about much - the extremely costly endeavour of upgrading 100-year old infrastructure to accommodate higher density infill.
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This I believe. There is a guy at the very end of Tache that got conditional approval to build a six story condo made completely of non flammable material. Otherwise he would have had to pay for an upgrade to the water system on his own. This project is going again to the Riel cc due to infrastructure related charges that, according to the developer, are killing its viability. The number is eight fifty something I believe. The current resident is proposing to develop the site himself.