What about the BCR. Its down to one lane on Milwaukee way for most cars and even the tougher pickups have to wait for oncoming traffic to go around some of the trenches. Out of site out of mind I guess.

And what about the potholes?????

We were at an evnet on the weekend in Cottonwood Island Park. The parking lot there is attrocious. It is a minefield of sink holes. A grader there for a day would do the trick. This is a site some of us take visitors to when we want to show some of the nicer sides of PG.

The trees and the grassed berm around Lakeland sorting yard are beautiful now. Not only was that a great plan, but they are actually being well maintained!!

The City's side of the road is like some hick town in the north ......

600 meters? Wouldn't 60,000 centimeters sound more impressive?

I am underwhelmed, for lack of a better word.

"And what about the potholes?????"

I've learned to dodge them, swerve around them! And I try to remember the worst pothole fields that seem to grow new potholes all the time until they get finally patched over again, and again.

Way of the North, owl!

With some of the highest property taxes in the province, and the increase for road repair, I'm baffled as to why we have the terrible streets that we do. PG has to have one of the least progressive city councils in the province. Where does all the money go?

"With some of the highest property taxes in the province"

I keep having to remind people tht we do NOT have some of the highest property taxes in the province. We have some of the highest MILL rates (taxes per thousand dollars of assessment) in the province since our assessments are some of the lowest in the province. They are now starting to come up and the mill rates are coming down as a result.

The more we think we pay on the high end in total taxes per 10,000 population the worse off we will be in getting proper services. Other communities have better infrastructure and maintenance becuse they pay more taxes on a per person basis.

I am not saying that we are the most effcient City by any means. We probably could learn something from some other communities of how to work efficiently and effectively.

Several million dollars annually are paid by the city (from the taxes collected) to service the accumulated debt of the city.

The city is eager and ready to increase the debt load (Cameron Street Bridge, new RCMP Headquarters, Performing Arts Centre, etc.) and the amount in the annual budget set aside for road repair is not likely to be increased in the future as it has been fixed as a levy included in the property taxes.

A certain inadequate average standard has been accepted as tolerable and there isn't going to be any improvement any day soon.

Neither the Mayor nor the Council or the other city department heads seem to feel any urgent need for tackling this with more money/effort, so what we see is what we have to live with.

There seems to be no problem to borrow when it comes to certain other projects but any borrowing for road remediation seems to be totally out of the question and without priority.

Cheers!