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Many Quebec residents have criticized the terrible condition of the province’s roads and, apparently, Quebec Premier François Legault is one of them.

“Quebecers are right: the roads are in very bad shape,” Legault said at the National Assembly on Saturday. “Jean Charest (the former premier) had promised in 2007 to settle this problem and invest a lot. It was not done.”

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Quebec’s road conditions are notorious, with poor infrastructure being attributed to ineffective asphalt and historic underfunding. Last year’s annual survey by CAA-Quebec recognized Montreal’s Gouin Blvd. E. as the worst road in Quebec, with Laval’s Marcel-Villeneuve Ave. and the South Shore’s Highway 30 stretch not far behind.

“The first thing we did was increase the funding to Quebec’s infrastructure plan by $20 million,” Legault said. “The Liberal government had foreseen $16 million. That’s an increase of 25 per cent, but we can’t fix all this in a few months.”