MONTREAL – The city’s orange parking signs are moving into the 21st century.
Montreal has installed digital parking signs to tell motorists when and where spots are off-limits.
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“Basically, at any moment we can put the no parking signs and put the restriction in place and go ahead and proceed with the operations,” said city councillor Harout Chitilian.
It’s a pilot project that aims to make parking more efficient in the city.
Twenty-four signs have been put up on Beaudry and Jean-Talon streets at the cost of $48,000.
The hope is to keep these signs up all year-round.
“My vision is to have these signs, not only for snow removal operations, but to have them for parking restrictions across the city,” said Chitilian.
The city is also revisiting its parking policies.
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Next week, the first of three open meetings will be held to review new proposals.