Tearing down old buildings after deferred maintenance.

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark

Wow, that is disconcerting. Can't say that I'm holding our provincial government to high regard in how it's dealing with its building stock.

They have never been any good at maintaining buildings. They let Province House deteriorate to an alarming state before finally deciding to try to rehab it in the '90s. The dank, moldy smell in that place was almost overpowering at times. And many parts of it were downright shabby. If you were to look at more prosaic buildings they owned it was even worse. Public Works (now DTIR) never has enough budget for maintenance. They see it as the easiest thing to cut.