Montreal borough turns to experienced staff to draw straight lines

One Montreal borough is calling on its most experienced workers to draw straight lines.

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

Thesquiggly lines are the (art?) work of crews fromRosemontLa PetitePatrie, which is responsible for tracing bike paths around the city.

Officials from the borough issued a new release on Fridaypromising it will straighten things out. Workers will be dispatched in the coming days to re-paint the paths.

"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.