Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek says Montreal's massive main break on Friday is another example of municipalities across Canada needing additional federal and provincial funding to fix aging water infrastructure.
Multiple roads in and around the Jacques Cartier Bridge are closed after a massive water main break in Montreal's Ville-Marie borough. on Friday is another example of municipalities across Canada needing additional federal and provincial funding to fix aging water infrastructure.
The government agency also found close to one-fifth of water, sewer and stormwater pipes were reaching the end of their useful life."Water teams from other major cities reached out to the City of Calgary's Water team after our feeder main unexpectedly failed. Our teams here in Calgary have been responding to questions and sharing their learnings," Gondek said.
Stadnyk says some studies from Canadian infrastructure reports show water infrastructure is currently a greater-than-$2-billion problem in Canada alone. “As long as we're doing the preventative work, they can definitely go down and everything can be under control." “Municipalities own approximately 60 per cent of the infrastructure nationwide and yet we get roughly eight to 10 cents of every tax dollar that's collected, which today will not meet up with the demand that we have."
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