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Originally Posted by ardecila
Impressive. This is really just a conversion of the Deux-Montagnes Line, though, with some new extensions along expressway corridors.
The devil is in the details when it comes to expressway transit, but it usually doesn't create much new development in the North American context.
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As far as inner-city development goes, I think this project will be a big boost to St-Laurent Technopaerc developers, and of course the airport link is expected to provide development around Dorval and Pointe-Claire also. These areas are pretty dense already, but a lot of warehouse and manufacturing spaces on certain axes are outdated in terms of just in time delivery, and the better transit will spur development in these areas.
The other interesting feature of the Brossard/Deux Montagnes line is that it crosses 3 shores and thus connects communities in a way only highway 30 looping or often painful trans island commutes are able to do now.