somecanuckchickAug 19, 2025

Supposedly, it's taken 15 years to plan and will take 8 years to execute that plan.

Docteur-Penfield Avenue shut down between McTavish and Pine Avenue for construction that’s set to last 8 years... https://montreal.citynews.ca/2025/08/18/docteur-penfield-avenue-shut-down-8-years-construction/ #mctavishreservoir #crumblinginfrastructure #water #travaux #traffic #polMTL #MTLpoli

Part of Docteur-Penfield Ave. downtown shut down for 8 years of major construction

Docteur-Penfield Avenue in downtown Montreal is shut down between McTavish and Pine Avenue for construction that’s set to last eight years. The City says it’s necessary in order to upgrade the water pumping station just above Rutherford park — that’s almost 100 years old. Philippe Sabourin, a spokesperson for the City, says he “understands it’s going […]

CityNews Montreal
somecanuckchickAug 6, 2025

Maple trees drink about 50 litres of water every day, and it seems some of their hydration is coming from Montréal’s crumbling infrastructure... https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/montreals-leaky-pipes-could-accidentally-be-keeping-trees-lush-and-green/

#MTLpoli #polMTL #polQC #QCpoli #crumblinginfrastructure #climatechange

Montreal’s leaky pipes could accidentally be keeping trees lush and green

Maple trees drink about 50 litres of water every day, and it seems some of their hydration is coming from Montreal’s crumbling infrastructure.

CTVNews
AutisticMumTo3Mar 28, 2024

Thames Water under threat of nationalisation as shareholders refuse to inject £500m lifeline | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/thames-water-shareholders-funding-london-b2519896.html

#ThamesWater
#Nationalisation
#Shareholders
#Ofwat
#WaterBills
#BillRises
#Hunt
#GMB
#Underinvestment
#CrumblingInfrastructure

Thames Water under threat of nationalisation as shareholders refuse to inject £500m lifeline

A rescue funding plan was drawn up in July but has fallen through ahead of the first payment

The Independent
Norobiik @[email protected]Mar 21, 2024

Residents rich and poor have never seen a shortage of this severity. While hot weather has shrunk #reservoirs, #CrumblingInfrastructure after decades of neglect is also largely to blame.

A report published last year found that 40% of #Johannesburg's #water is wasted through #leaks, which includes #BurstPipes.

Taps have run dry across #SouthAfrica's largest city in an unprecedented #WaterCrisis
https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-johannesburg-water-crisis-weather-fa8c921c6a063a31aec37e05864d61fb

South Africa water crisis: Taps dry in Johannesburg

Thousands of South Africans are lining up for water as the country’s largest city, Johannesburg, confronts an unprecedented collapse of its water system affecting millions of people. Residents rich and poor have never seen a shortage of this severity. While hot weather has shrunk reservoirs, crumbling infrastructure after decades of neglect is largely to blame. The public’s frustration is a danger sign for the ruling African National Congress, whose comfortable hold on power since the end of apartheid in the 1990s faces its most serious challenge in an election this year.

AP News
Tushar ChauhanAug 18, 2023

Here's a follow up to my Boston public transit adventures from yesterday. Been waiting for CT2 for an hour this morning in pouring rain. Two 'scheduled' buses straight up didn't show. What a shitshow.

I can see how massive Si valley gig-job grifts like uber and lyft would thrive in such an urban setting.

#Boston #MBTA #PublicInfrastructure #PublicTransit #CrumblingInfrastructure

Tushar ChauhanJul 20, 2023

1/ I moved to Brighton, MA, in July 2022. It was a 45 minute commute to my lab, which, coming from Delhi, I attributed to the expansive borders of a big city.

It is July 2023 now and the commute is about 1h15m to 1h30m. Some reasons, as I have come to understand them over the past year :
1. Crumbling public transport infrastructure
2. Lack of any sort of public protest
3. The unwillingness of the local press to cover this story

#Boston #PublicTransit #CrumblingInfrastructure #mbta