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Past Visions Of A Future That Never Came
Mirabel Airport is the king of Montreal’s white elephants.
By Stephen Kernaghan

In the 60s and 70s Montreal had a special sort of confidence, imagining it would need an airport almost as big as the city itself. It was a confidence driven by the prediction that Montreal would have seven million inhabitants by the year 2000.

Tourists were flocking to the city for Expo 67, and Montreal was seeing a 20 per cent annual increase in air traffic. Based on that rate of increase, the federal government predicted that by 1985, Montreal would have 20 million air passengers a year. That was well beyond the capacity of the aging airport in Dorval. Like the city of seven million, this prediction was overly ambitious.

While Montreal’s long-time mayor Jean Drapeau was building the monuments to his reign, Pierre Trudeau was looking to make his own mark on the city. But it wasn’t going to be easy. Premier Robert Bourassa had his own vision for the city and the province. While Trudeau wanted the airport built west of Montreal, closer to Ottawa, Bourassa wanted it to be built to the east, in Drummondville. They compromised on Mirabel, sixty kilometres north of the city.

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While Montreal’s long-time mayor Jean Drapeau was building the monuments to his reign, Pierre Trudeau was looking to make his own mark on the city. But it wasn’t going to be easy. Premier Robert Bourassa had his own vision for the city and the province. While Trudeau wanted the airport built west of Montreal, closer to Ottawa, Bourassa wanted it to be built to the east, in Drummondville. They compromised on Mirabel, sixty kilometres north of the city.

Democracy at work people. Look how well governments in power treat us when we vote them in.


To hell with these people.


Btw, how's that empty train station with no rails in or out going in Dorval airport? Much cobwebs yet?
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Aérogare fantôme
Devenu désert, l’ancien aéroport international est entretenu au coût de 5 millions $ chaque année

Publié le: vendredi 17 janvier 2014, 24H46 | Mise à jour: vendredi 17 janvier 2014, 1H08


Photo Agence QMI
Construit au début des années 1970, l’aéroport de Mirabel est maintenant désert.


AGENCE QMI | Pour la première fois en 10 ans, une équipe de reportage a pénétré à l’intérieur de l’aérogare fantôme à Mirabel.

Le reportage de J.E. présente des images inédites de ce qui a jadis été un grand rêve international sous l’œil de James Cherry, le grand patron d’Aéroports de Montréal. Mirabel accueillera-t-il un jour des passagers de nouveau?

«Non, jamais. En terme de vocation aviation, c’est terminé», répond le patron.

«C’est beau parce que ce n’est pas trop usé, mais en fait, ça ne répond pas aux normes du bâtiment», admet-il dans une entrevue ponctuée de déclarations franches et sans détour.

«En plus, les murs et plafonds sont pleins d’amiante», en vogue dans les années 1970.

Le bâtiment d’un million de pieds carrés est aujourd’hui vide, désert, presque lugubre. L’équipe de J.E. est entrée par la seule porte qui n’est pas encore barricadée.

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Le reportage est diffusé à l’émission J.E. ce soir à 19 h sur TVA.
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