{"id":16577,"date":"2017-02-16T14:28:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T19:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=16577"},"modified":"2017-02-16T14:28:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T19:28:30","slug":"questions-went-unanswered-over-underpasses-buck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/questions-went-unanswered-over-underpasses-buck\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions went unanswered over underpasses: Buck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Re: Region needs to lower \u201cridiculous\u201d fees on underpasses, says Councillor. February 2)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The debate at Committee was interesting, if only for that not discussed.<br \/>\nDoes the tunnel have an open-ended budget? No matter the estimate, never before agreed upon, or where funds would derive, the project should proceed.<br \/>\nThe question of lighting is critical. How deep is the tunnel? How long? Will people, men, women and children blithely enter and navigate a pitch black tunnel for an indeterminate distance? What about security? Do police have an opinion?<br \/>\nAbout use: at close to a million, does location and potential use justify the cost?<br \/>\nWhat is the pedestrian traffic count on the trails? Are business people between the two sectors expected to be walking to and from? Are we crazy?<br \/>\nDoes anyone imagine the tunnel can be constructed without supervision and administrative fees?<br \/>\nIn a shared contract, of course, there must be costs. It\u2019s standard practice. And if we were to charge the Region, tit-for-tat, where does the Region get their funding?<br \/>\nWell, from us, of course. We will even collect it for them from ourselves.<br \/>\nI certainly hope the discussion at Council will be more fulsome and well-rounded, even if just to touch on Budget and source of funding before this decision is made.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evelyn Buck<br \/>\nAurora<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n(Editor\u2019s Note: The matter ultimately passed on consent at Council.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Re: Region needs to lower \u201cridiculous\u201d fees on underpasses, says Councillor. February 2) The debate at Committee was interesting, if only for that not discussed. Does the tunnel have an open-ended budget? No matter the estimate, never before agreed upon, or where funds would derive, the project should proceed. The question of lighting is critical. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters-opinion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}