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Roadways in and around Montreal were slippery and visibility reduced as a blizzard expected to dump as much as 60 cm of snow in some regions of Quebec began to make itself felt on Tuesday.
By 1 p.m., roads and highways on the island of Montreal, Laval and the South Shore were reported by Transport Quebec to be partially or fully covered with snow, while visibility in some off-island areas was reduced.
The Sûreté du Québec reported conditions were particularly difficult on Highway 10 in the area of Marieville and urged motorists to slow down, keep their distance from other vehicles and not pass emergency vehicles that were driving at fixed speeds in order to calm the flow of traffic.
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January 22, 2021
Welcome to the garbage hole. The sulphuric, rotten-egg stench coming off the heaps of brown sludge at Montreal’s Francon snow depot is putrid even on a cold, grey March day. Here, in this former quarry, the melt of early spring has revealed crumpled laundry deter- gent bottles, the petrified carcass of a badminton birdie, used tampon applicators and other shards of hardened, forgotten plastic. It’s the stuff you think is destined for landfill or recycling when you toss it, but instead it ends up on the street, then in the path of a snow plow and then on a dump truck, then at the snow dump. The trash mingles with mountains of snow stained by a cocktail of pollutants, releasing a nauseating assault on the senses.
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Canada is, unfortunately, a country where infrastructure projectbudget overruns are commonplace. It’s no surprise we’re also host to numerous boondoggles which have flummoxed taxpayer’s brains when presented with the final price tag.
Whether it’s a bridge too far, an airport in the middle of nowhere, or a boat that won’t float no matter how much funding is pumped in, politicians simply can’t seem to say no to contractors with their hands outstretched.
Which infrastructure projects stand out in terms draining public coffers? Here are four of the biggest boondoggles in Canadian history.
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With deconstruction of Montreal’s Champlain Bridge set to begin in earnest, workers will soon complete the development of migratory corridors for fish in the St. Lawrence River.
The corridors are intended to reduce the impact of the a jetty on fish in the river, Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc. said. The two migratory corridors should be operational for the migration period and the spawning of the fish next spring.
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