Along a downtown Montreal street, in sight of city hall, orange\u002Dand\u002Dwhite\u002Dstriped traffic cones stand in a row on the sidewalk.
“People are desensitized, drivers are desensitized, it creates a risk,” he said. “It’s not necessarily about reputation, it’s about the fact that we’ve become a city where cones are everywhere, and we don’t pay that much attention, unless we’re very frustrated because it’s blocking the way where we want to go.”
“I decided to take the orange cone, which is something everyone hates, and I thought, I’m going to make it so cute, that people are going to be able to love the city,” she said in an interview. “The orange cone is perfect for Montreal because it’s everywhere, it’s kind of emblematic.” Speaking at a Montreal chamber of commerce event Monday, Guilbault promised that cones would be collected within 72 hours after work is finished. She said the province would also look for ways to reduce the number and size of cones needed on city streets..Leblanc’s organization released a report in January that said 27 per cent of traffic cones in downtown Montreal weren’t being used on active construction projects.
Public works in Quebec tend to be done by smaller companies than in other parts of Canada, he said, which leads to contracts being divided into smaller jobs, which he said can increase the length of projects.
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