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People looking for a break from the heat in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough this summer will have a new way to cool down, the borough announced on Tuesday.

Installed along St-Denis St., between Marie-Anne St. and Duluth Ave., will be a 22-metre long cedar walkway equipped with overhead misting racks. The structure — which the borough is calling “The Wave” — is expected to be installed in June.

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In a statement, borough Mayor Luc Ferrandez called the project “a gesture of beauty and design.”

“It renews the spirit of the public squares that we’ve created on commercial arteries by offering a meeting place designed for people to take a break, sit and enjoy urban life,” Ferrandez said.

The borough awarded a $92,896 contract to Manufacturier Sheltec Inc. for the project and has agreed to spend $127,000 on it overall. According to contract documents, the structure will be dismantled each October and then reassembled for the summer. It’s expected to last at least five years.