City halts critical downtown project as uncertainty lingers about what lies beneath

Graphic from the City of Brampton

Critical repairs to infrastructure in downtown Brampton have been cancelled, even though doing so increases the chance of catastrophic damage. City staff aren’t sure exactly where a set of old subterranean water channels runs beneath the city centre, making it impossible to start the work, although councillors directed them to investigate the 19th-century tunnels more than two years ago.

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A weird one for sure, but a major infrastructure project in downtown Brampton has been paused due to uncertainty about apparently forgotten water diversion channels beneath the city centre.

It sounds like the beginning of a pretty good horror story if you ask me.

Published on December 13, 2018 in The Pointer - Brampton