Montreal may take over painting of bike path lines

Montreal Mayor Denis Coderresays the city may take over drawing lines after squiggly, uneven bike lanesfrom the workcrews ofRosemontLa PetitePatrie have been raising eyebrows across the city.

"Clearly it's wrong. It's unprofessional, it doesn't look good and they have to do abetter job,"Coderresaid.

• Montreal borough turns to experienced staff to draw straight lines

Cyclists have been complaining about linearlychallenged bike paths inthePlateau,AhuntsicandRosemontLa PetitePatrie neighbourhoods.

"I am asking the borough to take care of it or else I will do it myself," Coderre said.

Rosemontplans tostraighten things out

RosemontLa PetitePatrie officials issued a news release Friday, saying thepaths will be re-painted in the following days but only by the mostexperienced employees.

"The most experienced employees will be assigned to thosestreets that are more difficult to paint," theborough said.

"A reminder session about alignment techniques will also be conducted with the concerned personel."

In all, more than 90 blue-collar employees will be re-trained in painting straight lines.

At the same time, however, the borough is unsure how itwill remove the existing, crooked lines. Boroughstaff are looking at variouspossibilities with experts.