“This world is crazy!” René-Gilles Berteaux, the president of the Fabron – Lanterne – Montreal neighborhood committee, still can’t believe it. During the night from Thursday to Friday, vandals attacked the new developments at Cal de Spagnol. This small winding road which connects Avenue Sainte-Marguerite to Corniche Fleurie is considered too dangerous by a group of residents who for months have been asking the municipality to intervene. “During our last general meeting, we supported their request”recalls René-Gilles Berteaux for whom the subject seemed “build consensus”.
Between midnight and 6 a.m.
“Some were even getting impatient, believing that the work was not going fast enough.” Despite a first phase delivered in 2023, including the one-way implementation of rue Gaby Morlay. Except that in the early morning, this Friday, June 21, the stop sign as well as the prohibited direction had disappeared. Stolen in the night. Just like 35 deformable posts. Meticulously sawn by strangers between midnight and 6 a.m. Even the signage on the ground which had only just been installed as part of a second phase of work was covered with black paint!
Degradations denounced by territorial assistant Monique Bailet. The elected official who went there the next day with the municipal police indicated that “the Metropolis has obviously filed a complaint”. “We will also install portable cameras in the sector”announces the assistant. “And temporary signage was put in place urgently to keep pedestrians and motorists safe.”
