Saint-Lambert Urban Plan

An urban plan that brings together respect for the environment, economic vitality, and social cohesion to establish a distinctive urban framework for the City of Saint-Lambert.

As part of the revision of its urban planning by-laws, the City of Saint-Lambert was looking to adopt a new urban plan that reflected the municipal council’s desire to position sustainable development as a priority. It also wanted to provide itself with the planning and development tools needed to give concrete form to the vision that emerged from the “Saint-Lambert 2035” participatory process.

The Urban Plan has opted for an approach based on living environments, since these play a strategic role linking the scale of the project with major territorial orientations. In addition to the traditional territory level development strategy, the Urban Plan proposed a development strategy at the living environment level based on the “city of short distances” concept. This concept strongly emphasises the challenges posed by active mobility and the definiing role it can play in the organisation of the municipal territory and everyday life. In concrete terms, these are complete living environments, developed according to the principles of compactness, mixed use, proximity and sustainable mobility, while respecting the City’s identity components.

The Urban Plan also included a new Special Planning Program (SPP) for the Saint-Charles sector, an area undergoing a major transformation, where industrial land is gradually giving way to residential developments. Its location near the commuter train station and downtown Saint-Lambert also made the site well suited to this type of use. Ultimately, the SPP’s development vision seeks to consolidate the living environment by connecting the various points of interest through a structured active network, which will make it possible to reestablish links on both sides of the railway. In this way, it will be possible to ensure accessibility to everyday activities, such as employment, shops, services and quality public spaces, in the vicinity of residences. The vision also focuses on the potential of urban agriculture to encourage citizens to buy healthy, local food, while promoting community mobilization and social cohesion.