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&/#3&'r#3*&'4 AMÉLIORATION DE LA RUE La section de la route interprovinciale du village de Pointe-Fortune, qui traverse le canton de Hawkesbury Est, fera partie de la liste de resurfaçage des routes municipales. Le canton fera refaire la surface du tronçon de 245 mètres de long sur 6 mètres de large de cette section de route par Asphaltech. – Gregg Chamberlain RÉSIDENCE PRESCOTT-RUSSELL Le conseil des Comtés unis de Prescott et Russell a confirmé Colliers Project Leaders Inc. comme gestionnaire de projet pour le nouveau projet de 224 lits pour la Résidence Prescott-Russell. La valeur du contrat est de 196 086 $. Le chef de projet de Colliers a complété la première partie du projet pour les CUPR et travaillera maintenant sur les autres phases. – Gregg Chamberlain LAROSE FOREST WORK The United Counties of Prescott and Russell council approved a proposal from its planning and forestry department for $100,000 to pay for improvements, this year, to some of the community forest’s infrastructure. The money will come from the Larose Forest reserve fund and any federal grants available. Council also agreed to allocate more money in the 2020 budget for further improvement work. – Gregg Chamberlain
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service. PR Transpo will operate on 12 fixed routes, with several posted stops in all eight municipalities. The regional transit service will operate
Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. There is no Sunday bus service and also no service on specific statutory holidays like Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Everyone can ride for free for the next two weeks on Prescott-Russell’s new public transit service, which rolled out October 21. “We want people to try out PR Transpo and to adopt it,” said Isabelle Peladeau, PR Transpo project manager, during the Wednes- day official launch of the new regional public transit service. Residents will be able to ride PR Transpo buses at no charge until November 15. After that, the regular fare system will be in effect. The United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR) set up the regional transit program through its economic development and tou- rism department, after success in getting a $2 million provincial grant to support public transit initiatives. The UCPR is one of two rural regions that Asucceeded in getting full provincial support funding for a public transit program. “This program is truly an incredible under- taking for a small and rural municipality like Prescott-Russell,” said Warden Robert Kirby. “This is a pilot project,” said Peladeau. “Every three months we will look at how the routes are working, which ones are not, we will promote the program, and then make changes as needed.” The UCPR has contracted with Leduc Bus Lines to provide the regional transit
Le nouveau service de transport en commun régional de Prescott-Russell est maintenant en service dans le cadre d’un projet pilote de trois ans des Comtés unis de Prescott et Russell (CUPR). Les autobus de Leduc Bus Lines, dont Gilbert Leduc, le propriétaire et l’exploitant, est assis dans le siège du conducteur de l’un de ses autobus, circuleront régulièrement sur 12 lignes dans les huit municipalités, du lundi au samedi, de 8 h à 18 h. Plus de détails sur le service, y compris les tarifs, sont affichés sur le site Web des CUPR. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
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