Thunder Bay – Unleash The Cracking!
Cumberland Street underwent repaving this passed summer. The cracks are now back with a vengeance. Its hard to see how this city is going to get on top of its street infrastructure mess. Its all about trying to hold things together until after next years election. Appearing to act. Appearing to care. Just until after […]
Thunder Bay – Burp!
Will there ever be enough money? Maybe we can put up a toll booth on the Trans Canada Highway.? All vehicles traveling across the country have to go through Thunder Bay, Hence the high visitor numbers at the Terry Fox Visitors Centre toilet facilities.
Thunder Bay – Tearing You A New Manhole
You can see just how closely our Engineering Department monitors contractor operations. Seems that this whole manhole bruhaha caught our highly paid City engineers by surprise. They actually had to drive out to the manholes in question and LOOK at them. And then DRIVE over them. Poor, poor engineers. No representative from the Engineering Department […]
Thunder Bay – Addending The Addendum
The best laid schemes of mice and man……….. James Street Swing Bridge fire article here
Thunder Bay – Suckers!
Follow the money. This is not the first Enhanced Infrastructure Renewal Plan. Its the third plan. Tens of millions of dollars….poof! Gone. Disappeared. I believe that our City management have no idea what they are doing. All I know is that their wages keep going up and up and up and I have no […]
Thunder Bay – What Happened? Inquiring Minds Want To Know
City Council unanimous in approving City Admin’s report suggested Infrastructure priority items. Its obvious that taxes are going to go up and municipal debt may be incurred to pay for infrastructure gap elimination. Price? $150 million? More? Less? Who really knows? City Council refuses to point fingers as to who is to blame for this […]
Thunder Bay – Ignorance Is Bliss…and Just Might Get You Re-Elected
Any time politicians vote unanimously on a money issue, taxpayers need to ask questions. Who are the politicians supporting with this vote? The public or City Admin? (full story here) Why is nobody addressing the issue that the costs of running the City of Thunder Bay are too high? No value for money. If the […]
Thunder Bay – There Are Budgets And Then There Are Budgets
There was a time when this kind of purchase came out of the departmental budget. The purchases are anticipated and budgeted for over time. Now, new fire trucks are purchased through the Enhanced Infrastructure Renewal Program. Community and Emergency Services now have an extra $1,300,000 to spend. Nice. Maybe that is why Alexander got […]
Thunder Bay – The Beat Goes On
Renew Thunder Bay Reserve Fund– December 01, 2009 Enhanced Infrastructure Renewal Program October 24, 2011 Infrastructure Renewal Program September 30, 2013 2009, 2011, 2013…do you see a pattern here? 2015? 2017? 2019? If my failing memory is correct, taxes have already gone up to pay for Infrastructure renewal. So where did that money go? Sucked into […]
Thunder Bay – Ruttan Street ..Turd Polishing?
I think that our Engineering Department plans on paving over top of this. The contractor milled off about 50 mm or two inches of the old asphalt. That left a pretty beat up and severely crack riddled surface. I will have to keep an eye on this project. All those cracks will eventually reflect through […]