New park on Mount Royal: one step closer

A piece of good news for anyone looking forward to the completion of the bike path around Mount Royal: the City announced on May 22 that it had secured the lease of two parcels of land from the University of Montreal and the Parish of Notre-Dame de Montréal. The 23 hectares of land (that's 56 acres for you Imperialists) will be used for the creation of a park on the so-called "third summit", or Outremont summit, of the mountain. Once it's completed in 2012, the bike (and pedestrian) path will wend its way through this new park. Personally, I can't wait.