Why McGill? Province to foot bulk of street makeover bil
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Rubber sidewalks?
newsidewalks,replacementofcatchbasins,
Many cities are experimenting with
Mayor René Berthiaume suggested that
H AWKESBURY
resurfacing and the improvement of the
rubberizedwalkwaysthataremanufactured
whenMcGillStreetimprovementsarebeing
traffic light system at Main Street and John
from recycled tires.The mayor also
drawn up, provisions be made to improve
Street,saidpublicworksdepartmentdirector
mentioned that the creation of a rond point
Why is the Ontario government
pedestrian safety at the Régent Street
Gérald Campbell.
beconsideredatMcGillandMain.Thework
financing improvements to McGill Street
intersection. The proximity of a senior
Once the new$200,000 system is in place,
must be completed byMarch 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
BoulevardduChenailwilleventuallyreplace
Anticipating that question from
He allowed that the town might look at
isthecreationofabikepathbetweenSpence
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
revampofthestreetbetweenSpenceAvenue
and Régent Street.
“There are other streets that are inworst
conditionthanMcGill,”Portelancepointed
out.
The province is paying 90 per cent of the
costs of upgradingMcGill 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
bridgesthatconnecttwoendsofaprovincial
highway.
today.
Atthesametime,theprovincewillspend
$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.
Thatyearandin2009,thegovernmentspent
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 effects were felt across a vast
territory,fromOttawatoLachute,toFiske’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
theonelastJune.Ifithadbeentwo(Richter)
units smaller, it would have gone
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tremblor had no link or any geologic
connection to the recent earthquake that
has created a crisis in Japan. Earthquakes
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