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After decades of talk, Montrealers can get their first glimpse of the city’s vision for the former Blue Bonnets racetrack site on Wednesday.

The Office de consultation publique de Montréal is holding a public information session on the future Hippodrome housing project west of Décarie Blvd. at Jean-Talon St. W.

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The 75-hectare site — the equivalent of 66 soccer fields — is slated to accommodate some 6,000 residents and include green spaces and local services like a school, library, sports facilities and small businesses.

Mayor Valérie Plante has said the future eco-neighbourhood will showcase her administration’s approach to urban planning and be a counterpoint to the massive Royalmount project at Highway 40 and the Décarie Expressway.

But don’t expect to see any artists’ renderings of what it will look like at Wednesday’s information session. The purpose of the consultations is to collect ideas from groups and individuals before the city makes any hard and fast decisions, says Sue Montgomery, borough mayor of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.