Fewer construction sites, more orange cones in downtown Montreal: report

Despite a decline in the number of downtown construction sites, the number of orange cones in the heart of the city centre rose in 2025, according to a new report by the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal and Tourisme Montréal (CCMM). The study found that the number of roads completely or partially blocked by construction was down 40 per cent from last year, with one in four arteries in the city’s core completely or partially blocked in mid-September. But the CCMM and Tour