Judge again grants eviction delay to unhoused Montrealers living under highway – Montreal | 24CA News

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Published 24.04.2023
Judge again grants eviction delay to unhoused Montrealers living under highway – Montreal | 24CA News

A Quebec decide is extending an injunction till mid-June to guard a downtown homeless encampment below a Montreal freeway.

The Transport Department is making an attempt to dismantle the campsite and displace the homeless individuals in order that it might begin main restore work to the growing old infrastructure.

Lawyers for the Transport Department and the individuals dwelling below the freeway have agreed to permit some work to start that doesn’t have an effect on the encampment.

Monday’s ruling extends an injunction granted earlier in April to the Mobile Legal Clinic, a legislation agency looking for a decision with the provincial authorities on the place to deal with the campers.

Clinic basic supervisor Donald Tremblay informed reporters immediately he’s hopeful the case gained’t should be determined by the courts and that the federal government will negotiate a human answer to place these individuals in lodging.

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The Quebec authorities says the part of the Ville-Marie Expressway below which the camp is situated should endure main restore work that was scheduled to start out in September 2022.

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