Randall Denley says that by supporting big bucks for the Tewin area, councillors are backing into a long-term development priority without looking at the alternatives.

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At times, Ottawa Council has a disconcerting lack of ability to see the big picture or to understand the relationship between cost and value.

Case in point, this week councillors passed the city’s new master plan for water and sewer services. Nearly $600 million of the $1.5 billion plan is attributable to Tewin, a proposed new satellite suburban community out near Carlsbad Springs in rural south-east Ottawa.

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Included in that amount is nearly $170 million that city staff have suggested spending to make the main sewer pipes to Tewin far larger than the community of 16,500 people will require by 2046. It’s the smart move, you see, because eventually the vacant........

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