Calgary Faces Infrastructure Woes After Water Main Breaks
Water main failures force Calgary to confront widespread aging infrastructure.
Two catastrophic water main breaks in Calgary’s Bearspaw distribution system in 2024 and 2025 have forced officials to re‑examine a $7.7 billion infrastructure gap first estimated in 2020. Former Ward 12 councillor Evan Spencer demanded $480 million over three years for roads, sidewalks, parks, transit and wastewater. A 2024 report says 11 % of assets are in poor condition and that $132 million a year for ten years would bring road quality to the national average, versus $88 million to merely maintain it. Transit planners cite the need for 20 new CTrain cars and a $30 million track upgrade downtown. The city also faces a looming surge in the population toward two million residents.
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