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For residents of the city’s most-populous borough, back to school this week has meant a new kind of commuting hell, with a multitude of roadwork projects causing congestion.

Roadwork projects on several nearby streets have meant detours for drivers who navigate the borough of Côte-Des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-De-Grâce. Add to that the existing detours because of construction on the Turcot Interchange, now in its fourth year, and it’s a recipe for frustration.

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However, this level of frustration should have been avoided, says city hall opposition leader Lionel Perez, a councillor for the borough’s Darlington district.He blames the Projet Montréal administration both at the city-centre and borough levels for a lack of co-ordination.

“As an elected official for almost 10 years, I have never seen as much congestion and lack of co-ordination in the roadwork as I have this year,” said Perez, who handled the major roadwork file when he was part of the administration of former mayor Denis Coderre. “I’ve gotten numerous complaints. I’ve even gotten complaints of road rage incidents, which I have never had before.”