Whitewater Region could learn something from Bobs’ 20yr meander-plan.
Of course a 20 year plan is a fantasy. Bob is right on to point out that plans are not permanent structures but must adapt to changing circumstances. I worked for years with manufacturers who could not afford to plan beyond two years in advance because they couldn’t afford to be wrong.
During the last few years, our local politicians would throw out the “P-word” every time somebody thought their road might need another pass of gravel. Lots of money went into that (those) plan(s). It was a master plan contrived by our (and the provincial and federal) public servants (masters) and they were well paid and they hired their favourite consultants who were also well paid, and while that didn’t do much to help the roads, it was a plan and it was tight!
And then came Covid.
Now I guess there might be some errors and omissions in the second (post-covid) draft of the plan and I guess they might cost more as well, and from what I’m reading climate change might throw a few wrenches in the works in future years as well, and so we will likely have to upgrade our plan again after a couple more floods and droughts.
There’s a rock showing up in the middle of the McCoy Road where I live. I guess its fair (thanks Bob) to ask whether we can buy plans for the same price as gravel as they do seem about as disposable. Can anybody figure out how to calculate their comparative value per ton?
Planning is a vital part of our futures. When Covid closed the Petawawa showcase from where I get most of my landscaping customers, I applied to the Whitewater Region website to list my business. That was April which is the beginning of the Landscape season. It was with mixed emotions that I read the lovely letter confirming my company’s “accession” to the Whitewater website in October as my landscaping season was entering its last weeks. I had had a good year, so I wasn’t really upset. I figured they were just too busy planning.
Simon Tunley. McCoy Road.
