Pots of flowers in the middle of the street

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When the motorists leave the rue Meunier, Saint-Thérèse, they have to work around two big pots of flowers placed in the middle of the traffic lane.

Dave Parent

Wednesday, 18 October 2017 22:27

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Citizens of Sainte-Thérèse did not come back that their city has placed flower pots in the middle of a residential street to slow traffic.

Cloé Gaulin lives in the rue Meunier for nearly three years and this is the first time that she has to work around the pots of flowers out of his street.

Citizens have noticed that motorists in a hurry circulated briskly on the street usually quiet. The solution of the city to this problem has been to install large flower pots.

“It is completely ridiculous. It is dangerous. One morning, I woke up and it was in the street. Yet it is very quiet. The flower pots are big and bulky. In the evening, we do not see and it decreases visibility and it takes away from the place to turn, ” Ms. Gaulin.

Too fast

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The automobiles which come from the rue Napoleon does not have a mandatory stop to make before turning to go down the rue Meunier, which leads to a secondary school.

Citizen have explained that sometimes drivers turn the corner too quickly. The flower pots have been installed at this location to slow down the traffic. However, when it comes time to do the reverse maneuver, the pots affect the visibility.

“When one is on Miller and you want to take a Napoleon, there is a cedar hedge on the corner and now with the pots you see even less cars passing by. And why install the pots before winter and so close to the date of the elections ? ” asks the woman 23 years of age.

And the back of a donkey ?

“The signs and the bumps exist for it,” says Matilde Lopes, who lives also on the rue Napoleon.

The pots were installed on October 9, and the citizens are wondering if they will still be in place during the first snow, which will become even more problematic.

“This is not a suitable place, according to me. If someone comes in in the evening because they are not visible in the turning point, hello the prosecution, ” says Sébastien Duquette, a resident of Sainte-Thérèse.

There is a school in the area (pavillon Lionel-Bertrand to school on The Tandem), but it is located at the other end of the rue Meunier.

The City of Sainte-Thérèse was not available for comment yesterday.

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