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Backstreet Boys' AJ McLean Wants To Run For Mayor Of Montreal & Eliminate All Orange Cones

AJ McLean from the Backstreet Boys paid a visit to Montreal this week and even he's had it with the orange cones. With the construction epidemic remaining rampant across Montreal, we don't blame McLean for wanting to eliminate orange construction cones for good and it appears he's already got a plan on exactly how he'll do it.

On Thursday, September 28, McLean was spotted filming on the construction-ridden streets of Downtown Montreal surrounded by orange cones, scaffolding and even a couple of construction workers.

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Photos Show A Group Of Montreal Orange Cones In The Exact Same Spot Since 2007

Quebec Minister of Transport Geneviève Guilbault has vowed to "do better" after La Presse revealed officials have placed sets of downtown Montreal orange cones in the exact same spots for at least 15 years.

"Before we bring back more, I've asked the management of [Transports Québec] to identify all these [cone] storage locations and clean them up," the minister wrote on Twitter in response. "We all want mobility to be more fluid and user-friendly in Montreal."

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A Construction Cone Was Cemented Into Rue Sherbrooke & It's The Most Montreal Thing Ever

Sure, Montreal is known for its bagels, poutine and smoked meat but the orange construction cone has dolefully become the city's true emblem. Although no one construction cone is more special than the other, there's one standout orange pylon that has been garnering a lot of attention this past week.

On January 20, 2023, Serge Sasseville, an independent city councillor in the Peter-MCGill district in the Ville-Marie borough, published two photos on his Twitter where an orange can be seen buried beneath freshly laid asphalt on rue Sherbrooke Ouest.

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Almost 30% Of Montreal Construction Cones & Signs Have No Purpose Other Than To Annoy You

A new report backs up Montrealers' frustrations with the seemingly ubiquitous orange cone. The 84-page report commissioned by the Chambre de Commerce aims to push the city to reform its traffic and construction zone management. It examines the policies and circumstances that produce the city's dizzying, at times non-sensical tangle of roadwork and gridlock. It puts data behind residents' theories. And the result is pretty damning.

In one instance in September 2022, the firm that produced the study found a whopping 604 construction signs and cones within an area of just 2.2 square kilometres downtown. Of those 604 posts, 27% "had no reason to be," the firm determined.

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