I work for Mayor Nenshi, ask me anything!

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

Poutine for every Calgarian?

I second this motion.

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by Element55

Has there been any word on what the 52 million is going to be spent on?

I know the vote was supposed to be the week after the flooding, but of course all the flooding damage and stuff put the vote off to the side.

The vote was (and still is) scheduled for July 22nd.

Members of Council and Priorities and Finance Committee were alluding to it yesterday. A proposal is being drafted up right now.

[RedMileDJ]

Originally Posted by Bunk

The vote was (and still is) scheduled for July 22nd.

Members of Council and Priorities and Finance Committee were alluding to it yesterday. A proposal is being drafted up right now.

Oh, I thought the vote was earlier. Good to know it's still on track?

Proposal for what? Another option? Ie: flood relief?

[nik-]

Poutine would be good, but in the winter ... no one wants cheese and gravy when it's hot out

[SebC]

Originally Posted by nik-

$250 million in infrastructure damage to the city. I'll give you two guesses.

That's kind of simplistic though... as mentioned, the $52M is an annual thing, and furthermore the city may have access to other funds for infrastructure repair.

[KTrain]

Nenshi just announced the blue cart recycling program will be suspended until further notice. I could have missed it, but why has it been suspended? Was the facility damaged? Manpower issue?

My bin is full and the blue carts have spoiled me to not want to drag my recycling to community recycling bins. Are they still being picked up?

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by KTrain

Nenshi just announced the blue cart recycling program will be suspended until further notice. I could have missed it, but why has it been suspended? Was the facility damaged? Manpower issue?

My bin is full and the blue carts have spoiled me to not want to drag my recycling to community recycling bins. Are they still being picked up?

They are hoping to resume blue cart pickup next week.

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by KTrain

Nenshi just announced the blue cart recycling program will be suspended until further notice. I could have missed it, but why has it been suspended? Was the facility damaged? Manpower issue?

My bin is full and the blue carts have spoiled me to not want to drag my recycling to community recycling bins. Are they still being picked up?

Trucks/staff are being used to remove flood debris.

Please do drag your recyclables to the community depot. Stop being so damn lazy!

[KTrain]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

They are hoping to resume blue cart pickup next week.

I thought that as well but this tweet from the City of Calgary doesn't sound so good.

@cityofcalgary .@nenshi blue cart recycling is suspended until further notice #yycflood

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by fotze

I heard from a guy that works there that some of the recycling has no 'market' so it is stored and sometimes just dumped into the regular landfills. Not just because of the flood but ever sicne it started.

This can't be true? All recycling is actually recycled, right?

Some of the stuff is just currently stored. The market fall of 2008 put a dent into the market for some of the stuff.

Styrofoam is recyclable, but the city has never accepted it in the blue bins, as there is even less of a market for that.

The city does try to find uses for some of the materials. For example, they are using broken glass as aggregate in asphalt paving.

These aren't problems that are exclusive to Calgary. This is also why reducing and reusing are more important than recycling.

[Rudee]

If they are going to discontinue it, they better damn well remove the fee I pay on my City Services bill each month, where I pay for this service.

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by Rudee

If they are going to discontinue it, they better damn well remove the fee I pay on my City Services bill each month, where I pay for this service.

Jesus Christ Penny. It's $8 a month.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Barnes

Jesus Christ Penny. It's $8 a month.

Give it back!!!

[Mazrim]

Since they've put concrete jersey barriers to block off Heritage Drive under Glenmore, does this mean more intensive repairs will finally happen to Heritage, or is it just for all those trucks dumping gravel at the park site right now? I was surprised at how much damage was done to the parking area, but I can't imagine that amount of effort closing off the road would be just for the park.

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Give it back!!!

You have to write that at least 24 more times.

[Ducay]

Originally Posted by Barnes

Jesus Christ Penny. It's $8 a month.

Come on, you know silly hall is just tacking that $8 onto their $52M that they're planning on spending on another bridge.
Its not like the city will have massive costs incurred as a result of the flood or anything, nor will we end up paying for those costs at the end of the day anyways.

Gimmie my $8!

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by Barnes

Jesus Christ Penny. It's $8 a month.

And it will likely be only 2 maybe 3 weeks. So $4 or $6 worth. Consider it a small donation to the flood relief effort, since the trucks are being used to pick up flood garbage.

[longsuffering]

Any idea when the suspension bridge at Sandy Beach/Britannia Slopes will be repaired/replaced?

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by longsuffering

Any idea when the suspension bridge at Sandy Beach/Britannia Slopes will be repaired/replaced?

No ETA yet, but Transportation is working on their plan to restore this and the other bridges that were wiped out. They will be straight forward in design like the old bridges were, but to more modern code.

[Jedi Ninja]

Originally Posted by Mazrim

Since they've put concrete jersey barriers to block off Heritage Drive under Glenmore, does this mean more intensive repairs will finally happen to Heritage, or is it just for all those trucks dumping gravel at the park site right now? I was surprised at how much damage was done to the parking area, but I can't imagine that amount of effort closing off the road would be just for the park.

I was also surprised that the Heritage-Glenmore underpass was still closed today as they have been working on it since at least Friday, but today I got a closer look and it appears that some of the pavement is broken just before the Burnco exit. Hard to tell as they were still clearing the silt out of the area. At least the car that was up on the fence posts was finally gone today.