
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 […]

Thunder Bay – Non Random Randomness
I was walking along Algoma Street yesterday when I noticed something new about the tiles laid in the late fall of 2012. Previously, I have pointed out many shortcomings in the tile installation on that project. There are no shortage of things that are wrong with those tiles. The tiles are basically two solid […]

Thunder Bay – Public Art?
This has been a fixture at the corner of Cumberland and Park for as long as I can remember. I have begun to believe that this is actually a piece of public art. Probably cost the taxpayer $500,000 or so. I have to admit that the art piece does make you think….

Thunder Bay – The Truth On Trowbridge
new bridge at Trowbridge Falls is going to cost close to $900,000. I cannot believe that repairing the existing one will cost that much let alone more. What are the costs of rehab? As you can see, the City of Thunder Bay is counting on money from the Trans Canada Trails to bring the cost down by […]