Bulldozers dismantled a controversial concrete barrier on Montreal West's outer edge early Friday morning after borough officials in Lachine won a temporary injunction to have it removed.
Montreal West Mayor Campbell Stuart reacted by saying he plans to go back to court to fight the injunction, and lobby for a more permanent solution to the speeding problems.
City officials removed the three concrete blocks early on Friday after the Lachine borough went to court on Thursday to fight the barrier it said was uncivil and a safety hazard.
The concrete pillars blocked access to three streets in Lachine's Ville St-Pierre district neighbourhood, where residents complained the barrier was boxing them in, blocking access to emergency vehicles, and was an insult to the community at large.
The city of Montreal West installed the barrier on Broughton Road earlier this week in an effort to calm traffic on the street known to locals as "Devil's Hill," a popular shortcut for drivers who use the narrow suburban roads to get to nearby Highway 20.
Stuart told CBC he had no choice but to install some kind of physical barrier to discourage drivers on the street.
"It's just crazy, [how] people use it. They go very fast. We have drunks coming down the streets, they go the wrong way. It's just very dangerous for people."
On Friday, he told CBC he wasn't discouraged at seeing the barrier come down.
"Before anyone does any victory laps, they should know this is a preliminary move."
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