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THUNDER BAY — With a large number of potential infrastructure projects competing for limited municipal dollars, and a freshly elected city council at the helm, one councillor is calling for an updated list setting out the city’s infrastructure priorities.
Council last received a similar list in September 2021, outlining the city’s top infrastructure priorities for technology, fleet, facilities, roads, bridges, and trails. “It helps us provide administration with direction to have things shovel-ready or have some of the engineering done, those type of things. Then when we go to the government, we can give them our top infrastructure [asks] … so we’re set to hit the ground running and apply for matching funding.”
Top priorities identified in the 2021 list included renovations at Fort William Stadium, a curbside green bin program and auto cart waste pickup, reconstruction of the north core downtown at Red River Road and Court Street, upgrading the traffic light system to allow synchronization, a multi-use indoor turf facility, and improvements at the Fort William Gardens and Canada Games Complex.
“This isn’t science, it’s art — and ultimately, regardless, council will decide which projects it funds and when.”“Many of these infrastructure projects will need government support,” he said. “When we go to government to ask for funding, we can demonstrate this is the decision of city council, they’ve determined this is a top priority.”
In terms of how to decide which projects hit the top of the list, Giertuga said the availability of external funding is a key consideration.
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