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The governments of Canada and Quebec recently announced they’ve prioritized the rehabilitation and redevelopment of the Outremont rail yard in Montreal. The more than $100 million project could receive joint funding of up to $54 million from federal and provincial sources, and another $54 million from the city of Montreal.

The project calls for dismantling existing tracks in the Outremont yard, constructing a new rail corridor at the north end of the site, demolishing a service road, building a railway overpass and constructing a tunnel to link with the Acadie Metro station.

In 2006, the University of Montreal purchased the yard — which was built in 1881 — and land from Canadian Pacific. The project is designed to revitalize the site into a major activity hub in the center of Montreal.