July 5th, the City officially presented its proposal for a legal postering system: collars would be installed on existing street furniture or new free-standing pillars throughout the city. Made of rubber, these collars would be 22 inches in diameter and several feet tall, designed for posters measuring up to 11 x 17 inches, which would have to be stapled (no more glue!). Municipal regulations would not be changed, as the city would provide a greater number of legal spaces to poster.

While the COLLE members present at last Monday’s public meeting generally felt this is a positive first step we believe a number of issues must be addressed for the system to work:
- the number of collars: at least 500 collars need to be installed;
- their location: we must be involved in choosing locations, to least alter existing postering routes;
- their design: we want to be involved in the collar’s design, to make sure they are usable;
- information: we want to be involved in the city’s communication about the collars to potential users.
- their evaluation: we want to be involved in monitoring their success, and improving them for the future.
Do you agree with this? Is there anything else we have forgotten?
Please send us your thoughts, questions, and comments to info@collemontreal.org before August 1st, so we can send them to the city.

For the full presentation click here (available in French only).

Concerns brought up during the meeting
To be completed