As the City of Courtenay works to create it’s first Asset Management Plan, I am encouraged to learn that it will allow all of us to better plan for a sustainable future.
I think this plan will give us a better understanding of the true cost of our roads, sewer, water, and hopefully natural assets, like watersheds, estuary, and other ecosystems, that make our valley so great! The Town of Gibson has gone so far as to include natural assets (albeit not yet as a dollar figure) in their financial statements – http://www.gibsons.