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This isn't Ottawa-based, but you can appreciate how the mentality reflects on the city.

City of Sudbury hospital (Health Sciences North) uses interlocking stone pathways. They look half-decent, but over time time, the stones break and need to be replaced.

Do they do it right? Nah. Fill it with cold-pack, like they use for potholes on city streets. Now it looks hideous in addition to not being a very good patch.

Half-assed? Nah, quarter-assed at most.

City of Sudbury specific: grind the pavement up to an intersection. Replace 95% of it with nice, fresh pavement. Leave a 15-foot gap between the intersection and the new fresh pavement. Why? Because why not?