When signs continue to warn drivers about construction that wrapped up months ago, the job is not quite done.

If there’s a city anywhere in North America that endures more construction than Toronto, can somebody point it out to me? The Greater Toronto Area takes the cake for construction, a sign of progress and prosperity.

But it comes at a cost, particularly for drivers who don’t have skin in the construction or development games; they must constantly get out of the way, while those who benefit scarcely acknowledge their ongoing adjustments.

The least that builders can do is clean up after themselves, once the work is completed. But in some cases it seems to be too much to ask.

Daina Luszczek, the secretary at the Arrowsmith School, a private facility on St. Clair Avenue West that teaches students with learning disabilities, emailed me about two construction signs near their front door that are no longer needed.

She said the signs were put up on the sidewalk in front of the school to warn drivers about condo construction just down the street that occupied the curb lane on eastbound St. Clair.

The signs were left in place after the job was finished, said Luszczek, adding she first contacted 311 in August to report them, but nobody came to take them away.

“The city said they would investigate and have the signs removed,” she said, adding, “It is now Nov. 4 and the signs remain in front of (the) school.”

I went there last week and found two signs, one bolted to the sidewalk and still warning eastbound drivers on St. Clair of work that is no longer taking place, and another lying on its side.

It is obvious the signs are no longer needed, since the condo job is finished. While the city is not responsible, it has an obligation to prod the developer to get rid of them.

STATUS: Eric Holmes, a spokesperson for transportation services, emailed to say the signs would be gone by the end of the week. Luszczek sent us another note on Monday, saying both signs had disappeared, but the posts for one are still bolted into the sidewalk and marked with pylons. We’ll take Holmes at his word when he says they’ll be gone by the end of the week.

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