New cone law may be difficult to obey
The new law dictating that construction cones can appear a maximum 24 hours before roadwork starts, and must be removed within 24 hours of its completion, has come into effect, a spokesman saying here that sometimes it’s bound to take longer, especially when concrete barriers are also needed.
Joey 14:08 on 2023-06-23 Permalink
A lot will hinge on definitions of “start” and “end” – this might actually incentivize contractors to leave a little work undone (for a few days/weeks) if it’s more convenient than picking up the cones on the city’s timetable, even if it means foregoing payment by a few days.
Kate 14:47 on 2023-06-23 Permalink
I’m sure they’ll find ways to get around this law, which the city passed to look as if it was doing something about the prevalence of cones.
MarcG 16:03 on 2023-06-23 Permalink
Hydro Quebec replaced some poteaus on my street 7 days ago and the cones and signs are still littering the sidewalks.
Kate 17:33 on 2023-06-23 Permalink
The law won’t be applied if the cones only inconvenience pedestrians.
Ian 18:08 on 2023-06-23 Permalink
For all the fuss about signs and cones getting stolen by residents, there are still tons of them to be seen in informal depots all over town, just kind of left there for whatever reason. The empty lot up the block that was used as a snow dump had about 20 of them lying around once the snow melted, too.
There’s a sinkhole at the corner of van horne and hutchison that has had a cone in it for months.