Thunder Bay – Drainage Study
Not sure what this drainage study will show. The City of Thunder Bay knows what is going on in its sewers. You don’t build a $60+million sewage treatment plant without knowing what is happening in those pipes. Sewage backing up into East End basements after the Treatment Plant shutdown is not a big mystery. Once […]
Thunder Bay – Variance Report
It seems nobody is responsible for unfavourable variances. Its the weather, or fuel prices or increased overtime. Then there is that old chestnut ” additional security during waterfront construction.” Evidently, that one never gets old. Alexander is responsible for Community Services and EMS. Is he the best we can do for the money we pay? Really? […]
Thunder Bay – Jumped The Shark
Jump The Shark – The beginning of the end. Something is said to have “jumped the shark” when it has reached its peak and begun a downhill slide to mediocrity or oblivion. When did the City of Thunder Bay jump the shark? What was that point in its history that a decision was made […]
Thunder Bay – 100 year Storm
Commisso, who will be asking council Monday night to approve an independent, four-part master drainage study, said once the results are in, the city wants to move quickly to incorporate any recommendations into next year’s budget. – Tbnewswatch June 25, 2012 Read full article here. What is interesting is that nobody ever thought […]
Thunder Bay – Sewage Plant Failure Explained
Here is an explanation I received from someone as to what happened to the sewage plant on 5/27. It sounds very plausible to me. I have one of those low flush toilets. The pipes in the east end and older parts of the city are combined sewer and strom pipes. That means the solids […]
Thunder Bay – To Bypass or not to Bypass
Matson said there is no way to let all of that water and sewage out at once despite what some people may think. “There is no switch to bypass that pumping station,” Matson said on a media tour of the facility Wednesday afternoon. “When we have an event to the magnitude that we had on […]
Thunder Bay – Finger Pointing
So, now’s not the time for finger pointing. Now’s the time to help the people who are suffering with flooded homes. So says our mayor. I do agree that now is the time to help the people that need our help, especially if there is a very good chance that the City of Thunder Bay, through negligence on […]
