Before submitting your application

• Send an e-mail to Ville en vert to find out whether the alleyway is public.
• Form an alleyway committee.
• Mobilize your neighbours. At least 55 per cent of local residents must be in favour of the project.

In order to help you properly plan the steps involved in your project, please read this article (in French) and view the guide below (in French).

Steps

1 - Present the green alleyway project to your éco-quartier

2 - Projects selected by the borough

Projects are evaluated according to the following criteria:

• feasibility and greening potential
• impacts on the community
• involvement of abutting owners

Only projects aimed at greening public alleyways are eligible for this program.

3 - Mobilize abutting owners

• Get majority support from abutting owners (51 per cent).
• Form an alleyway committee made up of at least three abutting owners to oversee the implementation of the project and ensure its viability.

4 - Implement the project

• Draft a development plan in collaboration with the borough.
• Ensure that the required permits are issued.
• Oversee the completion of work operations financed by the borough.
• Inaugurate the green alleyway.

5- Ensure the proper maintenance through the green alleyway committee

• seasonal cleanup and regular maintenance
   

In order to help you properly plan the steps involved in your project, please view the guide (in French only).

Lachine’s community lane program is not available in 2022.

Before submitting your application

• Present your greening ideas and discuss your project with neighbouring residents.

• Form an alleyway committee made up of at least five people.
This team shares various duties, which include informing tenants and owners living along the alleyway in question about the greening project.

In order to help you properly plan the steps involved in your project, please view this page (in French).

Before submitting your application

• Present your greening ideas and discuss your project with neighbouring residents.

• Form an alleyway committee made up of at least five people. This team shares various duties.

In order to help you properly plan the steps involved in your project, please view this Guide des ruelles vertes - Le Sud-Ouest (in French).

Before submitting your application

• Discuss the project with your neighbours and form an alleyway committee. This committee must be made up of at least six people, including one owner of a house located along the alley in question.
• The committee must submit the application to the éco-quartier before September 30.
• The éco-quartier will review the application before submitting the application to the borough.
   

In order to help you properly plan and steps involved in your project, please view the document entitled guide d’implantation des ruelles vertes dans MHM.

Before submitting your application

• Present your greening ideas and discuss your project with neighbouring residents.

• Form an green committee made up of at least five people. This team shares various duties.

In order to help you properly plan the steps involved in your project, please view the document entitled Guide d’aménagement d’une ruelle verte dans l’arrondissement d’Outremont and the others forms (in French only).

Main steps

• Contact Faites comme chez vous (in French)
• Form an alleyway committee with at least 5 residents living along the alley in question.
• Carry out a survey meant to solicit the opinions of neighbouring residents.

If at least 51 per cent of residents are in favour of the project, and 75 per cent of neighbouring residents answered the survey, your poject will be reviewed.

In order to help you properly plan the steps involved in your project, please view the flyer entitled Les ruelles vertes (in French) and Verdir (in French), from Faites comme chez vous.

Before submitting your application

• Present your greening ideas and discuss your project with neighbouring residents.
• Form an alleyway committee made up of at least five people.
• Complete the Green Lane Proposal form (in French) and submit it before July 1, 2022 in order for your project to potentially take place the next year.

First steps

• Contact your éco-quartier to explain your project.
• Schedule a meeting with your neighbours and form an alleyway committee. 
• Jointly determine the needs and development scenarios.
• Secure authorization from the owners of buildings located along the alleyway in question.

Your éco-quartier will be able to inform you about the steps to take as well as provide advice and support throughout the implementation of your project.

Find your local éco-quartier on the map.

Before submitting your application

• Share your green alleyway ideas with your neighbours.
• Form an alleyway committee, which will then submit the application to create a green alleyway to your éco-quartier.

In order to help you properly plan the steps involved in your project, please view the Guide d’aménagement d’une ruelle verte (in French only).