So dynamite the ice dam. What's the holdup?

They weren't allowed to build the plant in McBride: don't you remember??

Just further evidence that the mayors infrastructure plans were all flawed from the get go. Our two pulp mills, oil refinery, and FMC plant only have one road in, and the same road out. If that road is closed, so is more then half the commerce in this city. Had the city planned for a proper dangerous goods route that facilitates a Nechako crossing closer to Cottenwood, or better yet from the Cariboo connector via Shelly this ice jam flooding situation would be a mere inconvenience. Ditto for the flawed location of the new CN container port also effected by this flooding problem.

Again we organize our economy with all our eggs funneled into the most risky basket we can conjure up. Typical PG planning coming home to roost IMO. The only thing that could make matters worse is if the CN bridge started to get effecteed by the ice jam....

Chadermando.

(1) I beleive the pulp mills were built in the early sixties, and it was much later that they became part of the City. This would have happened when the City took in the Hart Highway, South Fort George, etc;

(2) Building bridges across rivers, on major Highways is a Provincial Government Responsibility and has nothing to do with the City. The only reason they are involved in a bridge in this town is because the Province sold them the the Cameron St.,Bridge a number of years ago for $1.00 . The City owns the Cameron St Bridge and should have kept up the Maintenance on it, however they failed to do so, and are now trying to beg, borrow, or otherwise get enough money to build a new one. All other bridges in the Prince George area are owned by the Provincial Government, or CN Rail.

(3) The Dangerous Goods routes through Prince George on Major Highways is probably a shared responsibility between the Province and the City. Either way they have done nothing about it for the last 40 years.

(4) There is a railway bridge across the Fraser River , East of the CN Bridge which services the pulp mills, and there is also the Bridge across the Fraser at Northwood Pulp, so the pulp mills do have alternative ways to operate, in the short term.

(5) If the Governments who are responsible for Bridges and Rivers were doing their jobs they would know that the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers have been silting up for the past 25-30 years and this is the main reason for the ice backing up. If we exercised due diligence, and did some long overdue dredging the ice would be able to carry on down the river. Years ago that was how it was done, and if necessary it was dynamited. Its to bad that with thousands of Government workers costing hundreds of millions of dollars, we are no longer able to look after the most rudimentary requirements of running a society. Seems gambling casinos, stupid olympic games, under utilized multiplexes and sports plexes, and performing art centres, are whats really important in this burg.

Bad news Palopu, the track on the east side of the bridge was ripped out. Probably at the port now.

Bridge is still there for vehicle access

PG and Intercon were built in the MID sixties, I am not aware of them not being within the city limits at that time. Amalgamation occured in the mid seventies to the best of my recollection. Palopu, I sure agree with you on your point # 5, and I believe it applies to the other levels of government as well.
metalman.

The Refinery and the PG Pulp Mills were added to the Prince George tax base during the time that Harold Moffat was Mayor. He was Mayor from 1969 to 1979, so I suspect they were added prior to Amalgamation (1975) but after 1969 (maybe early 70's ) In any event they were not part of the City when they were built. Northwood probably became part of the City once amalgamation took place in 1975