차만 쏙 빼 놓고 포장공사 하다 Montreal contractor paves around car, the internet laughs

Montreal contractor paves around car, the internet laughs

Contractor chose not to tow car because of looming construction strike

By Melissa Fundira, CBC News Posted: May 30, 2017

A patch of road on René-Lévesque Boulevard, near Montcalm Street, was left unpaved because of a parked car.

 (Simon Roberge/Facebook)

  캐나다 몬트리올의 건설현장에서 차만 빼고 빙 둘러 시공한 포장공사가 온라인에 화제가 되고 있다.

데믹스 건설사는 7월말에 있을 포뮬라 E 전기카 자동차 경주 대회를 위해 시내에 재포장공사를 했다.

5월 24일은 건설 파업이 있는 날로 시공사는 파업을 피하기 위해 불가피 하게 23일까지는 공사를 마쳐

야  하는데도로위에 자동차가 주차되어 있는 것이었다. 

시공사는 급한 김에 어쩔 수 없이 차를 견인하는 대신에 차 주위만을 포장 하고 공사를 마무리했다.

물론 도로 안전표지시설을 설치 했지만 설치 간격이 너무 넓어 통행자들의 비난을 받기도 했다.

이 사진을 본 네티즌들은 "즉흥적 발상의 잘못된 행정이다"라고 야유를 보내며 실소를 금치 못했으며 

관광객들도 이 신기한(?) 광경을 사진으로 찍어 너도나도 SNS에 올렸다.

데믹스 건설사는 파업이 끝나는 대로 남은 부분을 시공할 것이라고 말했다.

황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터

Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor

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, the day before 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. 

Signs and orange cones were set up to prevent parking, but "the driver of the vehicle most likely passed between two cones," said Anik de Repentigny, a spokeperson for the City of Montreal. 

The unpaved spot has now become an attraction for passersby as yet another Montreal construction-mishap-turned-laughing-stock online.

"It reflects the entire (Mayor Denis) 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.

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The car was gone, but the patch of road on René-Lévesque Boulevard was still unpaved on Tuesday. 

(Benjamin Shingler/CBC)

Several tourists passing by the spot on Tuesday seemed to agree.

"Looks pretty shoddy," Andrew Crecilius, visiting from Indianapolis, said with a laugh.

"I've never seen this in Toronto. Never," said Lino Tomanelli, a former Montrealer now living in Toronto. 

A passerby takes a photo of a section of René-Levesque Blvd. left unpaved because of a parked car. (CBC)

Demix Construction said it will resume work once the strike is over and will complete the paving project in time for the race.

Back-to-work legislation passed by the provincial government is set to come into effect on Wednesday.

The city added that last week's rushed asphalt job was just a base coat and would not compromise the quality of work.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-asphalt-rene-levesque-1.4138349

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