{"id":16939,"date":"2016-02-04T00:55:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T05:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=16939"},"modified":"2016-02-04T00:56:12","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T05:56:12","slug":"rail-line-zone-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/rail-line-zone-change\/","title":{"rendered":"LaSalle to consult about rail line zone change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The borough of LaSalle plans to hold a consultation about changing the zones of 29 current properties, including the old railway line between Angrignon Park and Highway 138 in part to \u201cauthorize a multimodal link for public and active transport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The meeting takes place in Borough Hall on Monday, February 8 at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jan28Notice.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16940\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16940\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/rail-line-zone-change\/jan28notice\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jan28Notice.jpg?fit=662%2C828&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"662,828\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Jan28Notice\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jan28Notice.jpg?fit=480%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16940\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jan28Notice.jpg?resize=662%2C828\" alt=\"Jan28Notice\" width=\"662\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jan28Notice.jpg?w=662&amp;ssl=1 662w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jan28Notice.jpg?resize=120%2C150&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jan28Notice.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jan28Notice.jpg?resize=480%2C600&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jan28Notice.jpg?resize=200%2C250&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jan28Notice.jpg?resize=77%2C96&amp;ssl=1 77w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Notice about the consultation appeared on page 19 of the LaSalle Messenger\u00a0but did not appear on the borough website. According to that notice,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe project\u2026is subject to approval by referendum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During Monday\u2019s council meeting, Sonja Susnjar asked what the project will include and whether it will simply cut off residents from south of the old rail line from participating in future consultations about development in Wanklyn and on the Fleischman property after the yeast company closes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems clear that this project could include buses, but it\u2019s not clear what else it might include,\u201d she said. \u201cAlso, I\u2019m worried about whether this is just an attempt to prevent citizens from participating in future consultations. All the people south of this zone, particularly those on Stinson, have already signed petitions against the current Wanklyn project. I dearly hope that the Public Consultation Office will recommend against that project, but if they do, and another one comes forward, doesn\u2019t this zone change split the borough in two?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Acting mayor Nancy Blanchette assured Susnjar that no project is currently proposed, but that the borough simply wants to make future projects possible.<\/p>\n<p>Susnjar then asked why councillors had to convene an extraordinary meeting at 8 a.m. on Thursday, January 21 to ensure that they could enact the zone change this month.<\/p>\n<p>Blanchette simply repeated that \u201cfor the instant, the project is not on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The borough of LaSalle plans to hold a consultation about changing the zones of 29 current properties, including the old railway line between Angrignon Park and Highway 138 in part to \u201cauthorize a multimodal link for public and active transport.\u201d The meeting takes place in Borough Hall on Monday, February 8 at 7 p.m. Notice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lasalleposts","category-politics-that-matter","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-4pd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15950,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/conversion-on-centrale-in-lasalle\/","url_meta":{"origin":16939,"position":0},"title":"Conversion on Centrale in LaSalle","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"November 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Register for referendum to occur Wednesday, November 19 Citizens near the projected Centrale Conversion have asked for a register for a referendum. To get one, 140 residents who live near the proposed project will have to sign between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. this Wednesday, November 19. 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This is lot 192,841 where Patella Woodworking used to be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;LaSalle&quot;","block_context":{"text":"LaSalle","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/canada\/lasalleposts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1763,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/may-referendum-possibilities\/","url_meta":{"origin":16939,"position":4},"title":"May Consultations Subject to Citizen Referendum","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"May 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Three boroughs\u2014LaSalle, Plateau Mont Royal and Ville Marie\u2014are holding consultations this month to propose changes to land use policies or zoning that could require citizen approval through referendums. The Ville Marie consultation took place last night so citizens have the next week to ask for a register; a register in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Island Report&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Island Report","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/canada\/island-report\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17075,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/lasalle-withdraws-wanklyn-rail-line-projects\/","url_meta":{"origin":16939,"position":5},"title":"LaSalle withdraws Wanklyn and Rail line projects","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"April 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"During their recent meeting, the LaSalle borough council withdrew their support for a rail line zone change, a decision that acting mayor Nancy Blanchette said was made the same morning. Read the rest of the story in today's Suburban. 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