A Favourable Recommendation? --- Last update - 10-20-2023 --- “ Maintain at least 50% …” Recommendations for Dorval’s new Sustainable Urban Plan have been submitted by BC2/Stantec. These recommendations were made public October 11, 2023 during a public information session held at Dorval’s Sarto Desnoyer Community Centre. The recommendation regarding the Garden Crescent, which is privately owned, calls for development of up to 50% of the available territory.

The Lungs

of Our

Community

Dorval is in danger of losing the last large parcel of green space located in the center section of Dorval South. Changes coming to the City of Dorval’s Urban Plan threaten to change the vocation and trees of the Garden Crescent neighborhood, over 1.5 hectares in size and is populated with approximately two dozen healthy, 50-60 foot high poplar trees which provide much needed oxygen, store carbon, and filter CO 2 gas. Some Dorval residents report seeing these trees since they were young, making the trees no less than 75 years old. The City of Dorval is creating a huge “Heat Island” which cuts through the very center of the southern part of the city. Dorval administration Action Dorval is promoting densification in the form of condomimium development. The tree canopy in this area has in recent years been ravaged.