Some of my fellow Quebecois seem to think we have the worst infrastructure in the world. I think people exaggerate. Admittedly when concrete slabs fall on highways it makes all of us nervous. It gives me more reason to take the train downtown. The last chunk of cement who fell was in the Ville Marie tunnel downtown Sunday morning. Thankfully no one was hurt.
I think the crumbling infrastructure is also a Canadian problem and probably a north American problem. Our governments built highways, tunnel and bridges 50-60 years ago when we had a 10th of the volume of traffic. I don't think we ever expected the sheer volume of cars on the road that we're seeing today.
It doesn't help either that some of the construction companies around Montreal and/or Quebec were suspected of being mobbed up. This means that while the projects were completed, many were completed with inferior materials and many corners were cut so as much money as possible was pocketed. This is presumably why the Quebecois think we have the worst infrastructure. But I'm sure we're not the only ones with this problem either.
It doesn't help either that some of the construction companies around Montreal and/or Quebec were suspected of being mobbed up. This means that while the projects were completed, many were completed with inferior materials and many corners were cut so as much money as possible was pocketed. This is presumably why the Quebecois think we have the worst infrastructure. But I'm sure we're not the only ones with this problem either.
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