Interesting Neighbourhoods, good and bad.

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Good to know. They need to get it over and done with. Last fall they started water main replacement in my neighbourhood. My street will be some time this year. Don’t know what it’s going to be like but will surely be a PITA.

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

To explain a bit more, a study identified that the City was spending $40 million a year on roads maintenance, but needs to spend about $150 million a year just to keep them from getting worse.

This was back in around 2017 or 2018. The last council started doing annual 0.5% tax increases which increased that spending by about $5 million a year, so a 22-year timeline to "stable" road funding. Obviously not enough.

The new council in 2022 changed it to 1% annual increases, or around $10 million a year.

The $150 million annual spend should be reached by the early 2030's now. The 2025 budget is at about $80 million in spending, I believe.

Still a long way to go but spending is steadily increasing on roads. The city just has an absolutely massive backlog.

The roads in red here are scheduled to be rebuilt in the next 4 years, for example: