Population and Housing

[bravado]

A friend of mine used to work in engineering for the city of Kitchener. About 15 years ago they appeared before council and told the city that if they didn’t start fixing infrastructure that things were going to get really bad. Since then a line item has been added to it he city budget and infrastructure is being replaced. As roads and services are replaced, bike lanes and multi-use trails are added where feasible. All funded by property tax.

I think it would be fascinating if someone in city hall could openly state that we have x km of pipes in the city. We replace y km per year. Pipes last for z years. I don’t think that math will look very good if it was ever released.