The armoury was a jewel in the urban landscape of Quebec City.

Although many of the objectives mentioned so far are to be welcomed and all make sense – for example, establishment of a polycentric, balanced urban system and creation of a new urban-rural relationship ensuring parity of access to infrastructures, conservation of the natural and cultural heritage, preservation of high-quality public spaces and upgrading of housing stock and street furniture, strengthening the local economy and local labour market policy and ensuring proactive education and training policies for children and young peo ...[+++]ple – we would stress that:

– protection, conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage, including human habitat: technologies for the environmentally sound and sustainable management of the human environment, including the built environment, urban areas and landscape, as well as for the protection, conservation and optimal use and integration of the cultural heritage, including environmental impact assessment, models and tools for risk evaluation, advanced and non-destructive techniques for damage diagnosis, new products and methodologies for restoration, mitigation and adaptation strategies for the sustainable management of both movable and immovable cultural ...[+++] assets;

All too often, mass events such as football matches or public demonstrations turn into pitched battles resulting in the destruction of street furniture and sometimes in personal injury. The demonstration may start out as legitimate and peaceful like those organised by anti-globalisation movements, but then things go wrong.

Methyl polymetacrylate (or acrylic glass), which is more commonly known under the trade names "plexiglas" and "altuglas", is used for many purposes (manufacture of signs, verandas, street furniture, baths, etc.).

Once monuments have been inaugurated, it is the NCC, as the organization that manages urban furniture, monuments, that will ensure the maintenance.