The Mayor is set to table a budget reduction measure next week.
Bill Mauro indicates he met with provincial officials, including the Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney, to discuss spending $150,000 on an updated environmental assessment for the Northwest Arterial, which is an extension of Wardrope Avenue to connect the Thunder Bay Expressway.
The measure was actually part of the original 40 recommendations from administration to help council save about $2.6 million.
“[Mulroney] confirmed for me, I’d say about 90 per cent, that we don’t have to spend the money on the environmental assessment. You don’t have to have the Northwest Arterial built before you can start work on the Thunder Bay Expressway,” Mauro indicates. “I’ll likely bring it back during the February 2nd meeting. It’s a bit of catch-all meeting that we have at the end of the budget session before we ratify where anybody can bring anything back from previous evenings debates for consideration.”
Budget Key Dates
February 2nd – Budget Review Meeting
February 4th – Public Post-Budget Consultation
February 8th – Budget ratified by City Council
For the February 4th Meeting
- Deputation requests must be received by the Office of the City Clerk no later than 4:30 p.m. Friday January 29th. Walk-in deputations will not be permitted
- Four options for providing a deputation: by videoconference, by telephone, through the city hall lobby kiosk, or by sending a letter to Council
- Deputation requests can be made by emailing officeofthecityclerk@thunderbay.ca or by completing the online Speak Before Council
