The so-called no-cone zone is a flop, says Montreal’s association of engineers, and they blame Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada for not making the rules clear for construction workers.
One of Martinez Ferrada’s campaign pledges last year was to ease congestion and reduce visual pollution caused by construction sites.
Saying the orange cone shouldn’t be a symbol of the city, Martinez Ferrada announced in February she was designating a portion of the Ville-Marie borough an “innovation zone” — bordered by St-Laurent Blvd. and Sherbrooke, Guy and de la Commune Sts. The idea is to find alternatives to orange cones at construction sites within the designated area.