Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Looking at using technology to manage infrastructure

Coun. Patrick Boyle makes a motion to explore digital infrastructure asset management tools

Coun. Patrick Boyle speaks to his motion to look
 into digital infrastructure asset management
tools at the Feb. 22, 2016 council meeting.
Lisa Goudy/Times-Herald

By Lisa Goudy

Coun. Patrick Boyle would like to see the options for using digital systems to manage and monitor infrastructure in the city.

"Picture a water main break and the pressure goes down somewhere and we have some data collection on that and know where the break is," he said. "Before it becomes a major issue, we can isolate those things and get to it before it becomes an even larger problem."

At Monday's council meeting, he made a motion for city administration to develop a report on those possibilities, including feasibility, cost and application within city systems.

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