Lawsuit Dropped Over Cavendish Infrastructure Funding in Montreal

The Association of Suburban Municipalities dropped a lawsuit against the City of Montreal concerning expenditures related to conduits passing under the Blue Bonnets area for the Cavendish extension. David Tordjman confirmed that the lawsuit, which had been filed to ensure the demerged municipalities were informed of agglomeration fund usage, was officially dropped. Discussions regarding the future of the Cavendish extension are continuing.

The resolution of the legal dispute removes a financial and regulatory impediment to the Cavendish infrastructure extension. The lawsuit had centered on open-ended expenditures, which the Association of Suburban Municipalities found uncomfortable due to a lack of cost clarity. The demerged municipalities pay 18 percent of all agglomeration costs.

City authorities previously authorized the land acquisition and extension of the Cavendish infrastructure link connecting Côte Saint-Luc and Saint-Laurent.