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Originally Posted by urban_planner
I also think we don't realize how much money dealing with the Niagara Escarpment costs the city,
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Honestly the fact that Hamilton’s expressways are municipally owned is a massive drain on taxes too, on top of other problems with the escarpment and the tax base itself. Hamilton owns a larger share of its freeway network than any other municipality in Ontario. Toronto owns a few but it’s massive comparatively, and Waterloo regions urban expressways are provincially owned so they don’t pay a dime for them.
Like a lot of Hamilton’s problems I think it’s a mix of problems. Poor maintenance, poor project management, etc.
I’ve heard that Toronto struggled with its waterfront at first too - my understanding is that Waterfront Toronto does a lot of the maintenance itself and pays extra for it over what a standard city street would be maintained at by regular city departments.
I don’t know what other municipalities do for weed control, but whatever it is, Hamilton doesn’t do it. They don’t do nearly as much garbage collection either.