Top stories of 2013: Prince Albert’s paving push
Beneath the layer of hard-packed snow and gleaming strips of ice on roads scattered throughout Prince Albert are new layers of asphalt.
In a recent city council meeting, Mayor Greg Dionne said the paving projects completed in 2013 would be this council’s “legacy.”
Two days before Christmas, the mayor explained that further. “Well, because, lots of councils have talked about it, and this council has taken it on, head on,” Dionne said.
“And it took the brunt of [the] criticism at the start of the $189 base tax [increase] to go to the asphalt program.” He added that by the end of the summer, early fall, residents realized how successful the program really was.