Need for updated parks and recreation facilities, sidewalks and affordable housing more than justify delving into city cash surplus, reader says.
A recent letter about the current civic government’s trend of spending notes that previous, more conservative governments had historically built huge reserves of capital, through so-called fiscal restraint.
From what I’ve seen and experienced in Burnaby, over my 30 something years here, is that there was such a tight leash on spending that we have gotten to a state of public suffering unlike anywhere I know of with such unbelievable resources. Suffering from lack of updated public infrastructure such as parks and recreation facilities, and sidewalks, and housing policies that help make it more affordable to live in our community. I was recently working in an area where there were no sidewalks.
The city has, in the last couple of years, been building sidewalks in many areas. When I see all the construction, I noticed other areas still waiting and I can’t believe there are still so many streets without sidewalks. I’d like to know the numbers from then and now. Still not where it should be.
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