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[Nparker]

I believe the city contracted the job to "Very Vibrant Victoria". I am not sure if they have any affiliation with this forum.

[Nparker]

Without any notification, the city has added a speed bump directly outside my building on North Park Street...

Better late than never I guess.

[FogPub]

One block of Johnson St paved.  Now only about eight more to go.....

[Nparker]

I reported a fairly significant pothole on my block to the city today.

They somehow failed to notice it when they installed the speed bump a few weeks ago.

[Mike K.]

Are you using the app to make these reports?

[Nparker]

I report them using the CoV's online forms.

[Nparker]

I reported a fairly significant pothole on my block to the city today...

And today I got this "response" 

Thank you for contacting Victoria Bylaw Services. Unfortunately, our officers were extremely busy today and were not able to address the subject of your request for service. It will be considered for attendance tomorrow or subsequent days based on the likelihood of the reported conditions continuing to exist. 

 

Kind Regards,

 

Erin Caudle

Bylaw Clerk

Bylaw and Licensing Services

City of Victoria

1 Centennial Square, Victoria BC V8W 1P6

T 250.361.0215

I'd say there is a pretty strong "likelihood of the reported conditions continuing to exist", unless potholes become self-repairing.

[Victoria Watcher]

‘Dangerous’: Colwood eyes speed cushions to slow speeders

Speeding concerns on Lagoon Road have been raised for many years

https://www.vicnews....-slow-speeders/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 11 January 2023 - 05:27 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

“When you look at one of the things that was an impetus for moving this conversation along, it wasn’t just a court case, one of the big impetuses is was the weather events we had in 2021,” Stevenson said. “You had a city, Victoria, that that was blocked, it was going to be running out of fuel, it was going to run out of food, and we only we have one way to get in and out of Victoria, and that’s a highway that was shut down.”



https://www.cheknews...-weeks-1131853/



It seems to me during that emergency there was always one-way traffic over the Malahat. The Circle Route was open, Swartz Bay was fine, and our deep water port was open and our barge terminal at Swartz Bay were all open.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 12 January 2023 - 02:38 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Get ready: Year-long water main replacement project about to begin in Langford

 

Two water mains under Goldstream between Leigh Road and Veterans Memorial Parkway are being replaced. The year-long project starts Jan. 16, 2023.

 

https://www.timescol...angford-6381911

[Victoria Watcher]

 

 

Thorne Speech.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 05 February 2023 - 07:30 AM.

[Nparker]

WTF?

[dasmo]

Afraid of the people they have told to eat cake I guess.

[dasmo]

Victoria police will also set up temporary surveillance cameras in the area during the same time period.
"These cameras are utilized to support our operations to ensure public safety and help maintain traffic flow," said Victoria police in a release Friday.
Signs will be put up in the neighbourhood to notify pedestrians and drivers of the surveillance cameras.“


Progress

[Nparker]

Freedom of assembly. Freedom of speech.

[Sparky]

How do surveillance cameras “help maintain traffic flow”?

[Matt R.]

How do they hinder freedom to gather, or freedom of speech?

Edited by Matt R., 05 February 2023 - 09:39 PM.

[Mike K.]

Holy smokes, the roads in Victoria-proper are in such bad shape these days. In a pick-up you get rattled around like you're four-wheeling off-road.

[Sparky]

Ya, I think I lost another filling on Quadra south of Bay. Maybe some tarman can toss some asphalt on that section after they pull down the pool.

[FogPub]

Fort St westbound between Oak Bay and where it becomes Yates is a disaster; it has been for years but is getting even worse lately.  And another round of freeze-and-thaw coming next week won't help.