New 315/25-kV Des Irlandais substation

Public participation

To ensure dialogue with the community, Hydro-Québec will implement a public participation and consultation process. Public expectations and concerns will thus be taken into account in view of harmonizing the project with the surrounding environment to the greatest extent possible.

Hydro-Québec has also partnered with the Ville de Montréal and its Irish community by creating a task force to develop a site commemorating the 6,000 Irish immigrants who died of typhus in 1847.

Project schedule

Draft design
Public consultation Fall 2017 – Winter 2018
Information on the selected solution Spring 2018
Project
Filing of the environmental impact statement Summer 2018
Government approvals Spring 2020
Construction Spring 2021 – Summer 2024

Project

Did you know?

  • In 2017, Hydro-Québec, the city of Montréal and Montréal’s Irish community issued a press release announcing that they were creating a tripartite committee that would be in charge of developing a memorial project.
  • In 2018, the three partners agreed on a governance framework for the tripartite committee. A partners committee and a working committee were established.
  • In the spring of the same year, the partners studied three options for the construction of its facilities. The option selected was the one that freed up the most space for the future commemorative site and that required the relocation of Rue Bridge.
Design of the Irish memorial site, located near Des Irlandais substation
  • During 2019 and into the spring of 2020, the working committee developed a strategic plan for determining a new governance framework to oversee the construction of the memorial site.
  • In September 2020, the second and last phase of the strategic plan was initiated with the creation of the board of directors and working sub-committees of the Montreal Irish Monument Park FoundationThis link will redirect you to an external site..
  • In early 2021, the city of Montréal added the relocation of Rue Bridge to its 2021–2030 ten-yeprojects/des-irlandais/documentation-contact.htmlar capital projects program.
  • The construction of the memorial site is planned for 2025-2026.