Speaking from the municipal side of things, "c'est pas simple" could mean a number of things:
- There isn't a consensus on the council to do it
- There isn't "acceptabilité sociale" (meaning the 10 citizens who complain about everything will recruit 20 other citizens to complain even louder and make council sessions long and painful)
- Some higher level of government will not let us do it (often related to engineering standards set down by the Ministère des Transports)
But it could also mean one specific thing:
- We don't have enough employees to do this, or to do this would involve paying lots of overtime
This is likely why in your case Fairmount cannot be closed for a few minutes twice a day (have to send someone to put up and take down the bollards) whereas Bernard can be closed for a few months (set it and forget it).
Speaking from the municipal side of things, "c'est pas simple" could mean a number of things:
- There isn't a consensus on the council to do it
- There isn't "acceptabilité sociale" (meaning the 10 citizens who complain about everything will recruit 20 other citizens to complain even louder and make council sessions long and painful)
- Some higher level of government will not let us do it (often related to engineering standards set down by the Ministère des Transports)
But it could also mean one specific thing:
- We don't have enough employees to do this, or to do this would involve paying lots of overtime
This is likely why in your case Fairmount cannot be closed for a few minutes twice a day (have to send someone to put up and take down the bollards) whereas Bernard can be closed for a few months (set it and forget it).
Just speculation on my part of course!