Sophie Demers

LJI Reporter

The Aylmer development boom continues. A proposal for a new residential project has been submitted to Gatineau for five four-storey buildings with a total of 120 units, 24 units in each building. The project includes the creation of a new road near the planned site located at 891, 895 and 901, chemin Vanier and 275 and 285, rue d’Anver. The project is recommended by the Service de l’Urbanisme et du Développement Durable (SUDD).

The city’s project analysis documents state that, because the project is located further north on Vanier, future residents will have other route options when driving and will therefore be able to avoid the Vanier/Allumettières congestion zone. A traffic analysis conducted in June of 2020 indicates that this residential project will not have any traffic impact. The plans include the commitment by the developers to transfer to the city part of the land that is needed to widen Vanier in the future.

There will be 15 studio apartments, and these will be affordable as defined by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). There will also be 10 affordable 1-bedroom units, and 25 1-bedroom + office units, five of which will be affordable. The rest of the units will be 50 2-bedroom units and 20 3-bedroom units.

According to the CMHC, housing in Canada is considered affordable if it costs less than 30% of the household’s before-tax income.

There will be a total of 137 parking spaces; 93 will be underground parking and 44 will be surface parking. There are 46 trees on the lot, five of which are on the land that will be transferred to the city. According to an analysis of the trees, 22 have defects that will affect their lifespans. The developers plan to cut down the existing trees and replace them with 44 different trees and shrubs.

Photo: Digital rendering of the plans for the new residential project on Chemin Vanier and Rue d’Anver (SD) Photo: Courtesy