Boondoggle Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Makes No Sense No Matter How you Look At It":

"How the work is done is not really relevant."

Then stop making it relevant. You are the one that says "cutting into pipes" which has a connotation of digging up the pipe, cutting it open and putting in the liner. If you spent some of your time reading how the process works, you will see that it is not the case.

Regarding the cost, you say "They're still approving the item in the budget despite  the discovery. there is no way of knowing the process does what is claimed."

But there is also no way for you to know that it doesn't do what is claimed. Unless you are a civil engineer and understand what happens to a pipe once it's in the ground, you need to defer the merits to those that are paid to know.

You are not paid to know, you are paid to listen to those that know and act in how you perceive is best. Seems to me that previous councils have listened and have put their faith into the experts. Maybe you should let your shield down for a bit and do the same.
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This is an interesting comment; partly true but mostly not. 
It's a scold  but not hostile. 
It says.. in effect,   be a good girl Evelyn and just do as you are told.

It's the kind of rational  I do not like to hear. 

It's been a while  since I enjoyed the luxury of being totally  dependent on someone else for my  well-being.

So long  I recall little of the time when that was so.

I have been me for a significant  length of time, with sufficient experience  to know that it's not in any person's  interest to accept advice unless it  makes sense. 

In comparison to a civil engineer, I am not paid much that's for sure. But I am paid enough to expect sensible answers from  civil engineers being paid  a whole lot more with my tax dollars to know what they are talking about.

It seems to the writer" previous Councils have listened and have put their faith in the experts"

It seems to me previous Councils haven't paid any attention at all to the experts. Projects   approved   have probably cost Aurora taxpayers ten million dollars.  And  nothing to show for it. 

Not one iota of justification for  funds spent

The answer I  received  to my question is t the region is prepared to go to great lengths at great expense to find a way to measure the effectiveness of the  process.

It's not my job to prove it doesn't work.  But with an acknowledgement like that I don't think I have to. .

I'm  the person elected to ensure public funds are spent wisely and produce benefit in return.

I think the  fiberglass  pipe re-lining project process is  a boondogle and I'm willing to say so without charge.

I may not be paid much but I do have  authority to say what I think and keep people informed.