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The “Old Port of Tomorrow” will include a six-kilometre promenade, wide-open green spaces, steps leading down to the water in several places, two hotels and a glass lookout on top of Silo No. 5 – all to give Montrealers, and tourists, better access to the river.

This master plan, at a cost of $175 million for the public infrastructure alone, is open to public consultations, starting Monday night and continuing June 15 to 17 at the Science Centre.

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But who will pay for the project, to begin in late 2019 and carry on for the next 10 to 15 years, remains to be determined, said Basil Cavis, vice-president of the Old Port of Montreal, a subsidiary of the Canada Lands Company.

The Old Port is federal land, and Cavis suggested the federal government will play a significant role in the funding of the project, but financing will be “unveiled” later, he said.