Roads and Infrastructure

Infrastructure Investments in Mature Neighbourhoods

We have a crisis coming, and it’s going to be worse for outer urban wards like College Ward. Our neighbourhoods were built mostly 60 or 70 years ago. They came with some fantastic recreational facilities like Pinecrest Recreation Centre and Entrance Pool.

But while the city is building new sports centres in the newest subdivisions, they haven’t been keeping up with the maintenance of our cherished facilities. And they are threatening to shut them down instead of fixing them up.

That’s unacceptable and I called this to Council’s and the public’s attention earlier this year.

Too often, College Ward is treated like the poor cousin. Downtown gets investments because of its bigger population. New subdivisions get investments because they benefit from different revenue sources and modern plans. But we get left behind again and again.

Our roads are so full of cracks and potholes that they’re an embarrassment to look at and a problem to drive on. Staff have said they’re looking at a new model for resurfacing smaller sections of roads where needed, but we haven’t seen any progress on this yet.

We need to fight for our communities’ facilities. I will not take no for an answer.