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Monday will be the last day that horse-drawn carriages will be permitted in the streets of Old Montreal at least until next year, Mayor Denis Coderre said.

Coderre announced on Wednesday there will be a one-year moratorium on the carriages, known in French as calèches.

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“I’m not at all satisfied with the way things have been going with horse-drawn carriages,” Coderre said in a web broadcast of the weekly executive committee meeting. “The best option is to start from scratch.”

There have been several incidents involving the horses in recent months. Most recently, a horse collided with a car in Griffintown last month, damaging the car, and injuring the horse.