Dollars for the Cameron Street Bridge Up for Discussion
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Cameron Street Bridge, used by pedestrians and bicyclists since it was closed to vehicular traffic in the fall of 2005.(photo Opinion250 staff)
Call it “bridge financing”.
Tonight, the City of Prince George will be asked to make another move towards the replacement of the Cameron Street Bridge .
City Council will be asked to give the first three readings to a bylaw that will allow the City to borrow nearly $6 million dollars. The loan authorization bylaw calls for the City to borrow $5,952,000 over 20 years to pay for the project.
The estimated cost of the project to build a two lane bridge on the existing piers is $9 million dollars. The City has been hopeful the Province and the Federal Government will pay the balance of the bill.
The request for qualifications has been issued for the design of the new bridge that will be built on the existing piers. That RFQ closes on the 22nd of the month.
Also on the agenda:
There are several public hearings on tap for this evening’s Prince George City Council meeting, including:
Changes to the pawn shop-second hand dealer bylaw, the flood plain regulations, bylaws covering business regulations and vehicles for hire.
Presentation from the Prince George Horse Society which is hoping the City will contribute $20,000 towards the expansion of facilities at Exhibition park.
The Manager of Corporate Affairs for Initiatives Prince George will present a memorandum of understanding between Prince Rupert, Prince George and Edmonton which calls on the three communities to work together for the economic benefit of all three along the Highway 16 corridor.
The Chair of the Community Heritage Commission will make a presentation on the development of a Heritage Register.
Council will be asked to approve a 5% increase in fees and charges at the Pine Valley Golf Course. It will also be asked to increase fees at the Civic Centre, up 5% for rentals, and 10% for recreational fees.
The City’s Environmental Manager will make a case for using $250 thousand dollars of UBCM funding for the Community Wildfire Protection program.
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Posted by: Foo738 on March 19 2007 7:26 PM
The traffic manager's option of promptly repairing the bridge for approximately 750,000 bucks was totally ignored.
The people were never going to have any input into how this was going to be solved; no referendum, no consultation.
As usual we will have just have to pay for the expensive option - this time, in contrast to the newly invented 'road levy' there seems to be no second thought about borrowing the millions and paying the interest for twenty years!
Very puzzling, indeed!