Focus on infrastructure maintenance needed amidst building boom

While building new infrastructure is politically attractive, maintenance and rehabilitation is an expensive chore. But it’s one that's critical to our future success.

All levels of government must plan and budget not only for new infrastructure, but also for the maintenance of the existing stock over its entire lifecycle, writes Matti Siemiatycki, professor of Geography and Planning, and director of the Infrastructure Institute at the University of Toronto.Photograph courtesy of PXHere

Opinion

BY MATTI SIEMIATYCKI

April 8, 2024

Canada is in the midst of a major building boom. From coast to coast to coast, new roads, hospitals, schools, rapid transit lines, energy projects, and homes are being built at a scale and pace not seen in decades.

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