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[quote]An unpaved section of a Montreal street has become the subject of ridicule online, stirring controversy over how the city handles construction projects.
Demix Construction, a contractor, has been repaving part of René-Lévesque Boulevard in time for the Formula E, an electric-car race that will take place on the streets on Montreal at the end of July.
On May 23, eve of the construction strike, workers went on a paving blitz and decided to pave around a car parked on René-Lévesque​ — near the corner of Montcalm Street — instead of towing it, according to the city. [/quote]
[quote]"It reflects the entire Coderre administration," said Franç​ois Limoges, a city councillor with Projet Montréal. "It's improvised, it's botched and it's mismanaged."
"Tourists pass by, take pictures and put it on social media," he added. "This kind of improvisation doesn't help Montreal at all.[/quote]
[quote]Demix Construction says it will resume work once the strike is over and will complete the paving project in time for the race.[/quote]
[quote]The city added that last week's rushed asphalt job was just a base coat and would not compromise the quality of work.
But Limoges begs to differ.
"The roads are broken," he said. "Everything is old. We need quality work, not one-centimetre pavement for a race that no one cares about. This won't hold more than a few months if not a few weeks."[/quote]
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Stay classy, Montreal unions. :rolleyes:
The pavement job looks shit aswell lmao
Eh, can't be any worse than this really.
[video]https://youtu.be/_kIOxPjPF5A[/video]
Fucking Coderre.
Meh, it's just the binder course. Shouldn't affect the quality of the finished product in the end if the contractor has any experience in paving.
For those who don't know, there are usually two layers of asphalt: the binder and the wearing. The binder goes on the bottom and carries/distributes the load. The wearing is what you drive on and is made with finer aggregates for a smoother ride. Any defects in the binder can be remedied with the wearing course.
This is hilarious.
Vive Montreal ostie.
Welcome to Quebec, Canada, where our roads are so shit, 2 weeks of pavement work takes years to redo. Stupid fucking sub-contractors
Not sure what choice they had if some dickhead ignored the request that people don't park on the road while they're reasphalting.
[QUOTE=download;52295187]Not sure what choice they had if some dickhead ignored the request that people don't park on the road while they're reasphalting.[/QUOTE]
Just tow them, like you do when someone parks in a no-parking zone.
[QUOTE=_Axel;52295197]Just tow them, like you do when someone parks in a no-parking zone.[/QUOTE]
When companies are paving, they can't just start and stop. Asphalt laying is only profitable if they have a constant production. It costs money to start and stop the plant, not to mention the cold joint they would be leaving there. Time is money and asphalt crews run on tight margins. They will probably fill it in when they do their incidental paving or come back to it right before the wearing course.
[QUOTE=download;52295187]Not sure what choice they had if some dickhead ignored the request that people don't park on the road while they're reasphalting.[/QUOTE]
The car belongs to the road now, you're right, they should have paved over it.
It'll be messy but they'll get an extra speed bump for their trouble
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;52295229]When companies are paving, they can't just start and stop. Asphalt laying is only profitable if they have a constant production. It costs money to start and stop the plant, not to mention the cold joint they would be leaving there. Time is money and asphalt crews run on tight margins. They will probably fill it in when they do their incidental paving or come back to it right before the wearing course.[/QUOTE]
Don't they close the road from traffic then? What's stopping them from towing the car before starting to lay?
[QUOTE=_Axel;52295243]Don't they close the road from traffic then? What's stopping them from towing the car before starting to lay?[/QUOTE]
The car might not have been there long before they got there, and tow trucks can take a long time.
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;52295268]The car might not have been there long before they got there, and tow trucks can take a long time.[/QUOTE]
So the car bypassed road blocks to get to park there? Sounds like they should be able to sue.
[QUOTE=Araknid;52293499]The pavement job looks shit aswell lmao[/QUOTE]
I say it's pretty good for Montreal's standard.
[QUOTE=_Axel;52295243]Don't they close the road from traffic then? What's stopping them from towing the car before starting to lay?[/QUOTE]
Usually works get announced by putting up no parking signage and documenting every parked car. If the owner never moves his car in this time, there is no way to prove that he was able to read the signs and there's no legal option to tow the car.
[QUOTE=_Axel;52295276]So the car bypassed road blocks to get to park there? Sounds like they should be able to sue.[/QUOTE]
Regardless of whether or not they can sue, they still needed to solve the problem of the car being in the way in the most economical and efficient manner, and it seems that paving around it was the answer.
To be fair this raised awareness of a upcoming race. I had no idea Montreal did these types of races, let alone on city streets.
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