Blamed by the auditor general for the lack of coordination in road works, the City of Montreal believes that the solutions already in place will eventually bear fruit.
In the first place, the computer system AGIR (Assistant for the management of interventions in the street) has only been in existence for a year.
“It hasn’t been well oiled yet. There is sand in the gear still. We started putting permits in there last year. Was it top notch? No”, explained Philippe Sabourin, spokesperson for the City at the microphone of Benoît Dutrizac.
Traffic on the roads is higher than it was before the start of the pandemic, he added. If the construction sites are numerous and we do not always see workers there, it is not because nothing is progressing.
“On René-Lévesque Boulevard, we are doing aqueduct rehabilitation. It is normal not to see people on the surface. We work under the pavement most of the time and there are periods of drying. This is not a ghost building site. They are busy in that world, ”said the spokesperson as an example.
