2019 Summer Road Maintenance Report
“Our roadways crews are working hard these days battling snow and ice one day and melting and drainage the next.
Getting the Basics Right
22 AUG 2019 Getting the Basics Right Categories Bus Rapid Transit City Council Highlights Climate Change Downtown Downtown Finances Growth Plan On My Mind Problem Solving Reconciliation Ride Sharing Roadways Safety Savings at City Hall Strategic Priority Transparency...
Budget 2019
Going into these budget deliberations I had three priorities: investing in the basic services and infrastructure that citizens rely on every day, creating higher quality of life for individuals and families, and stretching the value of tax dollars through problem-solving, partnering with different groups, and making investments in the short-term that will pay off in the years and generations to come.
Study on Train Delays in the City
City Council commissioned a study to look at the costs and benefits minimizing or even removing train delays in Saskatoon through underpasses, overpasses, and relocating the rail lines out of the city. There are a number of different issues regarding the rail study that make it somewhat confusing.
While I think there is broad agreement that there would be many benefits to getting trains out of the City—from safety, to travel times, to new opportunities for redevelopment—the bottom line from the study is that there are very large hurdles to either relocating or building overpasses and underpasses.
