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However, it has so far been unclear whether the STM, STL and RTL would see their roles diminished under the new structure. On Monday, Poëti spokesperson Anne-Catherine Couture confirmed that all planning, including for projects that will be operated by the three transit bodies, will now fall under the jurisdiction of the ART.

“The new model of governance, in partnership with the MMC, aims to separate planning from operating and it will be guided by an independent body that will be in charge of planning projects for the MMC,” Couture said.

She said that projects like a bus-rapid transit line to be implemented on Côte-Vertu Blvd. in St-Laurent, now exclusively being planned by the STM, will be transferred to the new regional body.