Thunder Bay – Oh Yeah? Well Its Even Worse Than You Think …So There!
addendum to previous post The Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce is issuing a challenge to to city hall to get serious about controlling spending. – Tbnewswatch So, City Hall needs to get serious about the high property taxes in this city. Tim Commisso, City Manager, responded with City manager Tim Commisso says the city can […]
Thunder Bay – Ooooooo Service Cuts Oooooo
Finally…someone else has noticed the obvious. The City of Thunder Bay is living way beyond its means. City Hall is a bad financial manager. Really bad. Surprise! You can bet that City Admin will deny everything of course and spit out lots of stats countering the Lakehead University professors’ document titled AN ANALYSIS AND FORECAST OF […]
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 – Bus Stop Enhancement Project
Used to be called bus shelters…now they are bus stop enhancement projects. This one is at Bay and Algoma. No….could have been part of last years Algoma Street construction work but apparently, the City of Thunder Bay is so broke that it cannot afford to pay for bus shelters on its own. It must receive […]
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 – Not Giving A Shit
Looks like an accident waiting to happen. Who owns this property that this steel beam barrier belongs to? The City of Thunder Bay does. This hazard could have been dealt with for nothing as part of the Algoma Street construction back in 2011. It could have….if anyone with the City of Thunder Bay actually […]
Thunder Bay – No Reason For The Delay
Work started on May 1, 2013. Work will stop around November 18, 2013. Next year, surface course paving will be required. Likely, all manholes will also have to be raised next year as this winter’s snowplowing will require manholes to be flush with the binder surface. Why is this project not being completed […]
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 – First Anniversary Shut Down
I understand that the section of Algoma Street between Cornwall and Bay is scheduled for full closure in the near future. Some work is going to be done on the one year old street. Last year, the street torn up for months. Closed for months. Local businesses had a tough time. It will be interesting […]