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Why McGill? Province to foot bulk of street makeover bil

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Rubber sidewalks?

new sidewalks, replacement of catch basins,

Many cities are experimenting with

Mayor René Berthiaume suggested that

H AWKESBURY

resurfacing and the improvement of the

rubberized walkways that are manufactured

when McGill Street improvements are being

traffic light system at Main Street and John

from recycled tires.The mayor also

drawn up, provisions be made to improve

Street, said public works department director

mentioned that the creation of a rond point

Why is the Ontario government

pedestrian safety at the Régent Street

Gérald Campbell.

be considered at McGill and Main.The work

financing improvements to McGill Street

intersection. The proximity of a senior

Once the new $200,000 system is in place,

must be completed by March 31, 2013 or the

when there are so many other streets in

citizens residence and heavy truck traffic

all lights in that area will be better

grant will be returned to Toronto.The

town that need work?

could be a fatal combination, he cautioned.-

synchronized, he added.Included in the job

Boulevard du Chenail will eventually replace

Anticipating that question from

He allowed that the town might look at

is the creation of a bike path between Spence

a section of Main Street East as a leg of the

taxpayers, Councillor Johanne Portelance

innovating, and install rubber sidewalks.

and the southern limits of the municipality.

connecting link.

made the query at a recent town council

meeting after the town learned it would be

providing $70,200 towards the $697,185

revamp of the street between Spence Avenue

and Régent Street.

“There are other streets that are in worst

condition than McGill,” Portelance pointed

out.

The province is paying 90 per cent of the

costs of upgrading McGill because it is part

of Highway 34, explained chief

Get the

administrator Normand Beaulieu.

Funds are being allocated under the

Connecting Link program, which helps

municipalities repair their roadways and

you

bridges that connect two ends of a provincial

highway.

today.

At the same time, the province will spend

$1.67 million to upgrade the highway in

Vankleek Hill, from Main Street to the

northern limits of town.

The government is completing

improvements that were initiated in 2008.

That year and in 2009, the government spent

about $5 million to improve the highway

between the two towns.

The Hawkesbury portion of the latest

upgrade will consist of the construction of

Quake? Earth

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The depth of the earthquake was 12.8

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of this size, says Earthquakes Canada.

The effects were felt across a vast

territory, from Ottawa to Lachute, to Fiske’s

Corner.

Dr. John Adams, a seismologist with

Earthquakes Canada, reported the quake

measured 4.3 on the Richter Scale. “A

moderate quake,” said Dr. Adams. “This

earthquake was only about one-tenth of

the one last June. If it had been two (Richter)

units smaller, it would have gone

unnoticed.” He noted that the Eastern

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running through it and that this quake and

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by scientific equipment. He added that the

tremblor had no link or any geologic

connection to the recent earthquake that

has created a crisis in Japan. Earthquakes

Canada has a public survey section on its

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goal is to collect people’s impressions of

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