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Having listened to the Council ' discussion ' on Hunters'
Glen, I think you may find some allies to at least reduce the grandiose
spending. Bike lanes simply do not need to be on both sides of the road. Even in
Europe, where bikes are king, there is a track on only one side, generally the
most ' scenic '.
That lighting plan could be halved if it would reduce Mayor
Dawe's angst. Although the upgrade is not essential, not even needed and was not
even requested.
All projects that are needed in Aurora could move up a notch
in time if this stupidity were curtailed. Councillor Gartner's & Councillor
Buck's streets could be done sooner.
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Bike lanes that start in the middle of nowhere and end nowhere and traverse a road that serves thirty homes have no rightful place.
The original plan to renew existing lighting had a price tag of $33,000. The new one that sprang out of hundreds of thousands over-budgeted for road re-construction, is more than $300,000.
Until the fight to move Glass Drive forward for the safety of
students from two schools. I had never thought of querying the schedule or design of road re-construction.
Until the re-construction of Spruce Steet that called for the contractor to have an arborist on the job to protect the trees.and there was none.
Until the Hunter's Glen dismally inaccurate estimates and budget
miscalculations and insane proposal for a lighting design, I never gave much attention to scheduling and costs of roads projects.
I trusted
It's a substantial change that makes the part-time job of a Councillor that much more demanding than the days when .
Sunday, 24 February 2013
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Council should be really interesting this week. Take care.
P.S. I reviewed the tape from the last meeting. It looks a lot like the Mayor had dosed off and suddenly went to catch up with the conversation about Hunters' Glen.
A correction is needed on the bike lanes. In the large metropolitan areas, they are are both sides of the wide streets. In non-urban areas they are restricted to one side. Hunters' Glen would only require a single lane - if that.
For every overzealous, overpriced project supported by Council members, those who do so
should be penalized $500 to be placed into a contingency fund for some unknown far-off
contingency.
Maybe certain council members need a dose of Auroran reality. Today a graduate student who works on Saturdays told us that he had a JOB. We were delighted. But. He is going to be driving a school bus, 2 shifts a day for peanuts.
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