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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 1 Jan 2014, p. 5

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. WATBREXWGIRWLuu-a Bv )AMES Mason are rated good. About 14 per typically every 30 years. -- ‘ , V ' v~ Chroma? Staff cent have been given a failed That cost jumps to nearly ' ' . . ' rating. $856,000 per lane kilometre , K . ,3 hanges in the way the Participants in the study if diligent maintenance is not ' _ . _. , city assesses when were aged 25 to 74 and per? done and roads are allowed ., ,- K » ‘ ' ;~ ; road repairs are manent Waterloo residents to degrade to a failed rating. '- .. , 3K _' _ ; in“ _, .y K . K 3‘ needed could be coming as for at least two years. They Being diligent on minor .5 . , . , K M5253} _ KK f; hag?” 1.. {KKKMf part of a public feedback were required to be licensed repairs means the major , , .. K ' “3;” e; 55';ng PW“; :31” “3%“; t; exercise examining road drivers who drive their vehi- infrastructure underneath 73%;» gw,»y,“§ig , i ‘4 Iif,;, "E: i “i"KjK, .L ”E“ i?” E ' quality: cle at least weekly They con- the pavement has a longer _ , "e 99 $71??ij ‘33 j“ 1% fi’KKg fly/23' ”’zfiT’fKKjg‘c‘éjfz K" In a focus group conddct» ducted their field research lifetyt‘le. U33} if? 1' f??? l J f§K#¢§m‘ gékingmefofixg ed this past March, four without any prior knowledge The cifi has about 800 .. ”A: K' Kn»? ‘55“ All 1.: Wéifiifgfifiw :fj'; test groups of seven to eight pa.r« of how the city rated the lane kilometres of road it ' ' _' ' . K31; ’K 'Ws‘éa H KKK 17" , . . ticipants drove along and roads. maintains every year. along _ i ‘ :7 :. ' . 5 : ‘ 1,: "£305 " > j - ,‘ so" evaluated sections of city The city aims to maintain with 250 lane kilometres of ,_ , . E K :ng A : K K ,EL_: Kfi '. M. K ' K K»; . . roads and the results suggest an average P0! of 75 but is regional roads that it is paid :1; K _ K " 'E if: it}, ‘ 5 . Ki; , 5‘ 3391‘: 9 iii" if f ' the public is a little more considering lowering that by the region to perform » i \ ,« I " ‘ if?" 3 if; ' ’ , "i" . 5‘»; ‘5’» ‘ lenient on road quality than rating to 60 given the results minor maintenance on, such " . city staff, of this study. The city did not as potholes repairs. The city rated 44 of those include any of the failed llewitson said major sections as “good" or “fair" roads in the study. About 65 roads in Waterloo receive while the public rated 46 of per cent of the city's roads preventative maintenance . i _ them asgood or fair. are in “good" or “fair” condi- on a fairly regular basis. but ' , ‘ "v ; , 4 53.1 f f - “It's certainly not scientif- tion. and about 14 per cent smaller local roads are typi- ‘ ‘ . ~» .-. ic but it is interesting that have. failed; cally allowed to fail before they thought more were in One of the takeaways majorworkisdone. fair condition,” said Phil from this study is a review of A big part of that switch . ‘ Hewitson. manager of active how the city prioritizes road would involve public _ transportation and LRT repairs and maintenance, education on the value of coordination at the dry. Hewitson said. Mth preven- continued preventative Roads are evaluated using tative maintenance. the cost- maintenance. Hewitson said. in”. ' W the Pavement Quality Index per»lane kilometre for repairs Council received the report - and ratings are indexed is about $522,100. it would earlier thisyear. , according to fail (zero to 29), mean conducting minor The next step is to include poor (30 to 49). fair (50 to 59) repairs every five years the preventative mainte~ andgood (7010 100).0verall, instead of letting a road trance suggestion in thecity’s 45 per cent of the city’s roads reach a “fail“ rating. which is asset management plan. 0 I 3 ' . ah Sou I Pacr K; 4 g, ‘ 5 "i rt 'i it) ‘ ' L steam.) (at y , K-» K, 5,. T B ”as .. K _ , gag {a C} 1:) a, i or tel 957 BEGINS DEC. 27 at 1 0:00 AM. . 4 . Selected Items as Low as Dealer Cost ' 1:. Huge Savmgs on Discontinued Models , I a and Selected One-of-a-kind Items! . . . HURRY IN FOR BEST SELECTION! 2015 now reservmg for 28 day deluxe adventure K K a __ .. , ,1 . . . . .. 1 , «a r . including Australia, New Zealand & F 111. . , . _ ‘ti 3,. . February, March 2015 , . . ' ‘ my. 4’ ~ , ”v ' . /‘ . «mm i kt- ~ :3." ' t . , , i 2 . K ‘ i ' ._ «7‘ . Lvm "m, ,, .,._»:1v'w.uw,-’ _, A it www.murWWuum-fiw . ,. ; «EU» '"r~.""'m . A r: if MOE: . r .: i r " - L: ’77:?» . i I ‘J val ., ,1 not: - naturist «(mm ANDSAVE to moon SEIECTEDIIEMs“

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