"Ward Councillor Lucy Troisi said councillors who oppose this (drain feature) are really out of touch. I think the vast majority of people in our city want to preserve the history of something as significant as this find,”
I'm neither an archeologist or historian by trade or inclination, but for these presumably intelligent people (she's been to Europe!) to even consider for a moment spending One Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars on a 100 plus yr portion of a drain !! Boggles my mind.
In Europe that drain, compared to an actual antiquity, would be a nuisance. A thing of beauty only to the drug addled.
I wish she and all others of a similar mind could somehow find online a course on developing common sense skills, followed by a Economics for Dummies. And then lay down for a long nap.
Keep it, yes, in a glass covered box perhaps in the common area of the new building which is now YEARS behind schedule and way over buget in large part because of this foolishness. Install a glossy plaque above it for all those who care to see what an old drain looks like.
Cost, maybe $10K. Savings, to taxpayers - Priceless !!
