In a perfect world, roads get repairs before cracks get bad, or a full depth replacement before the roads are so bad you can't patch them. In the long-term it's way cheaper than waiting for the road to fail. That doesn't happen often because proactive maintenance is generally considered a luxury by those who approve budgets. They probably think short term, and they probably don't tax residents enough to cover all the lane kilometers the city adds every year. That's how you get roads that get really bad and also cost a ton to fix.
Well at least the city is finally starting to look at the deteriorating conditions of Calgary roads.
The PQI indicates that 38 per cent of roads in Calgary are rated good or very good, according to mobility director Troy McLeod. He said the national average is 61 per cent.
Calgary’s PQI score has dropped considerably in the past decade, McLeod said, adding that 74 per cent of the city’s roads were rated “good” or “very good” 10 years ago.
Just as I posted pages back it was pretty evident that Calgary roads have degraded a lot over a short period of time.
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“We predicted this with our analysis — that pavement quality would over time reduce, and it has,” he said.
Well it's nice and all that the city knew this was coming but would be a little better if they were more proactive rather than letting things get 3rd world bad before they decided to deal with it.
Days like today and in recent weeks are why sometimes Calgary's weather is just flat out awful, like beyond a disaster. It's pretty much June and we are struggling to achieve temperatures we achieve in December, 6 months later with the heat still on in the house.
Some may want it hotter, colder or whatever but bottom line is come on, let's see some improvements!
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Days like today and in recent weeks are why sometimes Calgary's weather is just flat out awful, like beyond a disaster. It's pretty much June and we are struggling to achieve temperatures we achieve in December, 6 months later with the heat still on in the house.
Some may want it hotter, colder or whatever but bottom line is come on, let's see some improvements!
Two weeks of 20-26 Celsius and double digit lows start tomorrow, calm down.
I for one am savoring this rain before the heat takes over.
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Days like today and in recent weeks are why sometimes Calgary's weather is just flat out awful, like beyond a disaster. It's pretty much June and we are struggling to achieve temperatures we achieve in December, 6 months later with the heat still on in the house.
Some may want it hotter, colder or whatever but bottom line is come on, let's see some improvements!
Average high 18.3°C
Average low 5.3°C
Seems close to average to me. Have you lived here before?
Also comparing these high to the same in December is beyond ridiculous. In December it’ll be windy and ####ty and 13 for 35 minutes instead of 16 hours. Put on a hoody or go cuddle UBC
