Bob Nault – Our Communities and Economy Need Attention to infrastructure – Net Newsledger

June 15, 2015

KENORA – POLITICS – One of the most basic but most important jobs that governments do is to develop and maintain infrastructure. Whether it’s roads and other transportation links, utility grids, or water and sewer services, our communities can’t survive and our economy can’t grow without adequate infrastructure.

In Northern Ontario, we know how much of a challenge it is to provide infrastructure. We have a pretty small population, scattered over a huge area, meaning that we have to look to the provincial and federal governments to take a lead in making sure we have the same standard of infrastructure that other regions take for granted.

I know very well that it’s not an easy job, and that there’s a lot of work that needs to be done in our region. We all know about the state of highways in Northern Ontario, and how much work there is to be done. More than this, it’s simply unacceptable that we have dozens of communities that, in this day and age, don’t have road access, secure energy, or water and sewage treatment. How are these communities supposed to thrive when governments continue to ignore their needs?

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