Urban consolidation and the increased use of public transportation are among the Master Plan’s fundamental objectives. In light of this, the City is putting forward certain measures to encourage the construction of housing and the rehabilitation of employment areas on vacant lots (see Objectives 2 and 8). The City also supports increased construction near certain metro and commuter train stations (see Objective 3). Some of the lots and areas targeted by these measures are likely to have a degree of contamination. The Master Plan suggests the creation of assistance programs for implementing these proposals and rehabilitating the contaminated sites concerned.

The City recommends that priority funding for rehabilitating contaminated land be provided to areas near metro and commuter train stations where the Plan recommends the diversification and intensification of activities as well as in areas to be transformed (see Maps 1.1 and 2.2.2).

Implementation measures

• Provide additional assistance in the case of contaminated land, as part of a program that promotes the intensification of urban activities in the vicinity of certain metro or commuter train stations.
• Establish a program to support the rehabilitation of contaminated sites in areas to be transformed for residential or employment purposes.