The City of Thompson is taking steps toward formal asset management planning, as work continues on new bylaws aimed at long-term infrastructure planning and environmental responsibility.

“We don’t have the management bylaws; these are what are being proposed. We actually hired someone in November and he’s in the process of going through other communities and seeing what they have and making an asset management bylaw. We’ve been trying to move ahead with developing asset management programs for several years.”

City officials say progress has picked up in recent months, with additional bylaws tied to corporate management and full life-cycle environmental responsibility.