However, though environmentalists are now happy, Ste. Anne's town council is dissatisfied. The 87 lots that Montreal will purchase from real estate developing giant Grilli to the tune of $5.2 million were slated for a development project.
"We're talking about $100, 000 a year in tax revenue (being lost)," Tierney estimated.
About sixty homes were to be built on the Ste. Anne's part of the land.
Though Tierney told <@Ri>The Chronicle<@$P> he would voice his opposition at last night's council meeting to the projected sale, he did not expect that particular transaction to stop.
However, he did state he wanted to be part of the negotiation process for the sale of the 30-acre land in the hands of the SGF. "If we stopped negotiating now, Ste. Anne's would lose out," he said.
