Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Re: City in a deep hole - March 22, 2008

To the editor of the Sudbury Star,
(Published March 28, 2008)

I note that Robert Falcioni says he recommended $40 million in the City capital budget for road renewal, but Mayor John Rodriquez says that the City can only afford $30 million. I also observed the start of a major project to straighten and widen a stretch of MR80 in McCrea Heights that can't affect more than a couple of kilometers. How many million dollars of that limited capital budget are allocated to this substantial upgrade that benefits so little of our deteriorating roadway?

Streets are disintegrating before our very eyes. Let's focus on resurfacing as much of the substandard surface as we can and not continue to blow the budget on a few major upgrades of limited scope.

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