Calgary releases findings on feeder main break, one councillor says it falls short
[Excerpt] By CityNews Staff
One councillor says there are still many unanswered questions, calling the report “underwhelming.”
Ward 1 Coun. Sonya Sharp says she and other members are disappointed with the results they’ve seen in the first 150 pages.
“If they’re saying it was chloride and there was wire snaps and yes — the pipe was 75 years old — how are we moving forward in these fixes so that we don’t see this in the next 10 years?” she said.
Sharp adds that the report addresses the factors that likely contributed to the break, such as corrosion, microcracking, and wire snaps, but doesn’t answer tough questions like why there were no inspections along the feeder main for almost a decade.
“Why didn’t anyone know this could’ve happened? What is wrong with our infrastructure? Is there a way of finding a solution moving forward that we know this will never happen again?” Sharp said. “We cannot relive the summer of 2024 ever again.”
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