Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Public works projects lacking dollars

Proposed budget for infrastructure at unsustainable level

Duane Grado, public works manager, speaks
about the capital budget requests at the Jan.
20, 2014 budget committee meeting.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy


Almost all public works, water mains and storm sewer projects have a proposed budget that is not sustainable.

According to the proposed 2014-2018 capital budget, there are 214 kilometers (km) of paved roads in the city, 71 km are arterial and collectors and 143 km are residential.

“We have an existing computerized system that tracks all this but it is becoming redundant,” said Duane Grado, public works manager. “We’ll be recommending in 2015 that we get a new computerized system for that.”

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