Public consultation office nods to soccer centre

The city’s public consultation office has given the nod to the construction of a soccer centre on Papineau, on the edge of the Complexe environnemental Saint-Michel. There may well be some public need for this multi-million-dollar complex but it seems like more of this city’s philosophy that if it’s green you should build something “useful” on it: if they can get the first stage built, they’ll go on to add a full-size soccer pitch – with synthetic turf.