NCMA Conference Starts In Prince George Tomorrow

Tuesday, May 06, 2008 03:58 AM

Prince George, B.C. - This Wednesday through Friday , Prince George will play host to more than 250 municipal officials from throughout North Central British Columbia for the 53rd Annual North Central Municipal Association (NCMA) Conference.

Mayors, Councillors and other officials from 100 Mile House to the Yukon border will come together at the Prince George Civic Centre to discuss issues facing municipalities in North Central BC.

The conference is jointly hosted by the City of Prince George and the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George.

Prince George Mayor Colin Kinsley says the conference is a first rate event “It provides the forum to discuss and debate issues facing all of us in North Central BC. At the same time, we have the opportunity to showcase our community and region to the hundreds of people traveling to Prince George to attend the conference.”

Delegates will take part in a wide variety of workshops including a Carbon Neutral Workshop, Independent Power Production, Treaty Negotiations and Road Maintenance & Safety.

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Posted by: robichal on May 6 2008 7:10 AM

Hopefully the people attending from PG will take notes during the Road Maintenance & Safety portion of this conference - our roads are a disgrace!

Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on May 6 2008 7:44 AM

No wonder I can't get most councilors to phone me back, they are too busy? My bad timing I guess. Too busy looking after the big picture and no time for the little business guys.

They say it is nice to be important, but it is more imporatnt to be nice. So I'll leave it at that.

Posted by: southfortguy on May 6 2008 8:31 AM

Road Maintenance and Safety? Are you kidding me?

"Showcase our community"? In what way? Every roadway into the city is atrocious - even Highway 16 which was paved last fall is in worse shape than before they paved it - do the contractors have any type of guarantee on the work they do? Were they the cheapest bid? To me that was a total waste of money - its embarrassing when people come here and drive on our roads compared to similar sized cities like Kamloops or Kelowna - no wonder people drive nicer cars there....they have no fear of being swallowed up by a pot hole...

Posted by: acrider54 on May 6 2008 12:03 PM

Exactly right southfortguy, lowest bidder gets the contract then they cut corners to make money.