Calgary roads deteriorating at an unacceptable rate: report [Video]

Infrastructure teams with the City of Calgary will be meeting Wednesday to discuss if more money should be committed toward improving the quality of roads.

According to a recent report to the city’s infrastructure and planning committee Calgary’s pavement quality is decreasing annually and the conditions are “impacting satisfaction.”

It also laid out the recommendations to improve city roads while also saving costs.

“Despite recent funding boosts from council, financial support has not kept pace with the demands of our expanding infrastructure,” the report highlighted.

“As pavement quality deteriorates, failure to achieve an acceptable level of service will lead to future repairs requiring more reconstruction as opposed to repaving, which will result in reconstruction costs five to seven times more than traditional paving and repair programs.”

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