‘Crappy work’

Dear Editor:

RE: Township says contractor on hook for warped roads in Fergus, Elora, Jan. 29.

Seriously, the newspaper has the audacity to call that disgusting piece of roadwork “warped” and “wavy”?

Is this our tax dollars at work? What exactly are we paying for? Useless and dangerous bike lanes on St. David Street North (Highway 6) that function as snow-load capture in winter? Mid-road bollards in summer that barely allow cars to pass one another safely? “No parking” signs so close to street corners that one cannot turn the corner safely? 

And let’s not talk about those ridiculous pavement parking markings that a large car, mini-van or pick-up truck cannot fit into, while falsely satisfying the count for “available” parking spaces.

Maybe it’s the frustration of a long cold winter talking, but people are watching and see the (apparently) poor decisions and project oversight, the lack of quality work, the delays, the days no work at all is taking place. 

The disrespect with which our voices lie unheard, leaving us impotent to influence decisions, despite the sometimes obvious constituent rebuttals.

“Warped” road or just plain and simple crappy work? Do we always have to choose the lowest bidder without indication as to their capacity to ensure sufficient staff to fulfill their contract obligations? 

We concede winter arrived early this year but that is no excuse to blame poor preparation on “frozen gravel.”

Perhaps some of the extra revenue garnered from our perpetually increasing taxes could fund some quality infrastructure work in a truly timely manner.

Debbie DePasquale,
Fergus