MONTREAL — Beginning on Monday, Montreal’s famous Ste-Catherine Street and the merchants along the busy commercial artery will be subjected to a familiar rite of passage in the metropolis: a major construction overhaul. Montreal’s new city administration also promises things will be done differently from previous municipal governments. “I requested two things form the city,” said souvenir shop owner Faress Zahed, who’s been on Ste-Catherine for 23 years. The businessman’s restaurant, which he has owned for nine years, is located a few metres off Ste-Catherine Street and overlooks two ongoing construction sites around the city’s entertainment district. “It’ll be magnifique when the project is over,” he said of the future revamped Ste-Catherine Street.

Source: National Post January 06, 2018 12:00 UTC