A citizen was complaining that there was no children playground in Parc Jarry, since summer 2006.<\/p>\n
The old playground had been closed due to the re-development of Parc Jarry, according to a plan which had been the object of public consultations, in 2005. During the said consultations, however, the playground had been identified as a priority. The implementation of the re-development plan took a long time, partly because the site had to be decontaminated first. At the end of 2006, the City called for outside tenders to carry out this major re-development project. However, the evaluation grids of the tenders were later modified by Ville de Montr\u00e9al and, as a result, the tender process had to be started over again. According to the information we received, the re-development of Parc Jarry should be completed by summer of 2008.<\/p>\n
The Ombudsman de Montr\u00e9al<\/span> contacted the Service du d\u00e9veloppement culturel, de la qualit\u00e9 du milieu de vie et de la diversit\u00e9 ethnoculturelle to explore if, in the meantime, a playground could be made available to children. <\/p>\n The response to our request was positive and Ville de Montr\u00e9al proceeded to the temporary restoration of the old playground which children had access to, in the summer of 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A citizen was complaining that there was no children playground in Parc Jarry, since summer 2006. The old playground had been closed due to the re-development of Parc Jarry, according to a plan which had been the object of public … Continue reading