2005-2006 Master Plan Implementation Progress Report
Summary
The 2005-2006 Progress Report includes two parts, structured according to the Plan's priority implementation tools. The first describes the actions of the Ville de Montréal and its partners that have been undertaken or completed between May 2005 and April 2006. The policies and strategies developed by the Ville de Montréal, to which the Plan makes reference, are the first tool. In addition to a brief description of these policies and strategies, the summary indicates how far their development and/or implementation have advanced.
The second section of the 2005-2006 Progress Report focuses on the detailed planning efforts outlined in the Master Plan. Detailed planning concentrates on areas of the city that present complex urban planning issues, which could not have been fully resolved before the tabling of the Master Plan. The City will therefore complete a process of detailed planning in each of these areas, employing an integrated approach suited to their unique planning issues. The 2005-2006 Progress Report presents, for several Detailed Planning Areas, the steps that have been completed or undertaken over the course of the previous year and proposes a calendar of steps for 2006 and 2007.
The Progress Report then discusses the status of programs and funding strategies undertaken by the Ville de Montréal and its partners in pursuit of objectives identified in the Master Plan. For the year 2006-2007, these actions fall under five major headings: housing, transportation networks, economic development, the public domain and the environment.
In addition, the Progress Report provides an overview of the ongoing revision of the municipal regulatory framework that has followed the adoption of the Master Plan. The revision deals primarily with the creation of concordance regulations to ensure that Borough urban planning by-laws conform to the Plan.
The 2005-2006 Progress Report proposes a new approach to monitoring the progress made after the adoption of the Master Plan. For the first time, part II of the Progress Report presents a series of indicators to evaluate what has been accomplished. These indicators also offer a snapshot of the trends that influence Montréal's development.
For this first effort, seven indicators have been established:
- New dwelling units;
- New affordable dwelling units;
- Employment;
- Public transit trips;
- Public transit service;
- Cars and light trucks;
- Freight transport.
Over the years to come, the Ville de Montréal will extend this first group of indicators by adding new measures or adjusting existing ones.
