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10 years ago
Monday, August 27, 2012
Shaughness Pavement:
I live within Ward 33 and have supported Shelly Carrol. I have sent the following to her and so far haven't recieved any response ... I think this matter applies to ALL of us!
Dear Mrs. Carroll;
I live within your Ward. I have noticed that the repavement of north Shaughnessy is being done. I have lived in the community for number of years and I remeber that the same street was repaved nicely about couple of years ago (of course after a long waite where the repair was done on the street but the finishing left a very bad patchup job!!!).
It seemed that Shaughnessy road was in a very good condition and I was very surprised to see the start of the repavement. Of course that can be considered as upgrade and I should be happy that my area is getting such attention, but as a responsible and socially aware person I think one and all need to be very cautious of financial implications and taxes ... thus I think such work is a waiste ... its cost should have been spent on other community related projects (education ... libraries .. .that are core of our society!!).
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Thank you for your email to Councillor Carroll and my apologies for the delay in response to you.
In 2010 Shaughnessy, Esterbrooke, Leith Hill and Godstone Road had the sanitary sewers replaced as part of the basement flood mitigation program. This program was created in response to the 100 year storm that we experienced in on August 19, 2005 that flooded homes in ward 33 and other parts of the City.
As with all of these projects, the idea is that you do a temporary patch for at least one freeze-thaw cycle because if there are any problems, you don't want to have to dig up a road that has been permanently restored (which is much more expensive and would be a waste of money). After a freeze-thaw cycle the City comes back and completes the permanent restoration.
In the case of Shaughnessy, once the road was dug up, it was discovered that the granular base underneath the asphalt was in very poor condition and was causing compaction problems. This meant that once the contractor closed up the road, the road's surface was in very poor condition and would only get worse the longer it was left. The contractor returned to the site multiple times in 2010 to try to smooth out the road's surface, but residents continued to complain. We were also concerned that the condition of the road would be further degraded during the winter by snow ploughs.
In response to this, it was decided that an interim fix was necessary and so the City went ahead and did a "shave and pave". This basically means that the top few inches of asphalt is dug up and a new layer is poured. This would not address the compaction issues, but it did level out the street and make the street safe and passable until the permanent and more expensive restoration work could be completed.
The permanent restoration is what is happening on the street now and will deal with the poor granular base underneath the road's surface. We have actually combined this work with traffic calming measures that the community has been asking for for years. By combining both projects we have been able to save both time and money.
Like you, we also want to ensure that City resources are wisely spent. I trust that this clarifies the matter. If you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards,
Shawna Teper
Executive Assistant to:
Shelley Carroll
City Councillor - Ward 33
Don Valley East
100 Queen Street West
2nd Floor - Suite A4
Toronto, ON M5H 2N2
(416) 392-4038
(416) 392-4101 (fax)
www.shelleycarroll.ca
councillor_carroll@toronto.ca
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