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Montreal Plateau’s tiniest sidewalk gets make-over, will be rebuilt exactly same size

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WATCH ABOVE: A tiny sidewalk in Montreal's Plateau Mont-Royal borough is getting a makeover - but it isn't getting any wider. Global's Kelly Greig reports – Oct 20, 2016

A tiny sidewalk in Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal borough is getting a makeover – but the 28-inch width (70 cm) walkway isn’t getting any wider.

READ MORE: Tiny sidewalk leads to big problems in the Plateau

The sidewalk, located on Brébeuf Street, was sliced last fall to make way for a new bike path.

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While the tiny sidewalk might seem comical to some, Montreal disability rights group RAPLIQ argues people with disabilities and those in wheelchairs can’t possible use it.

READ MORE: Montreal replaces Brébeuf sidewalk with bike path

Cyclist Sarah Girouard said she wonders if the city knows what it’s doing.

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“I think it looks like all the other things that we see in the city,” she said.

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Last fall, dancer Mistaya Hemingway and cameraman Jerome Watier-Sincennes found the sidewalk so small they insisted there’s only one thing to do: “dance.”

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The sidewalk was first paved in October 2015.

This is the second time in a year it has been dug up.

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