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Quinte West News Serving Trenton, Frankford, & Area
May 1, 2014
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Home and Leisure Show does more than entertain
By Kate Everson
News - Trenton - The Home and Leisure Show held at the Trenton arenas on April 25, 26 and 27 was a great way to welcome spring, at last. “Winner of the Best Booth in the show was Signature Landscape Concepts,â€? said Chamber of Commerce manager Suzanne Andrews. The booth was decorated with evergreens and owers with a stone walkway. The partnership of Daniel Button and Brent Tripp won the coveted trophy. The Garden Place, which won the prize last year, also featured bright spring owers, good for ending the coldest months of the year. Joan Gray, president of the Trenton Horticultural Society and Garden Club, also showed off some greenery to advertise the club. “These are house plants,â€? she said holding up a plant called sansevieria. The annual plant sale will be he held Saturday, May 17, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, or until sold out, at the Chiropractic Centre parking lot at 455 Dundas Street West in Trenton. Annuals and perennials from local gardens will be available. Proceeds from the sale will be used for gardens at Trenton Memorial Hospital patio and atrium on 2 C. For more
Please see “Home� on page 4 Trenton Pet Hospital had Misty and Mila in a comfortable place with veterinary assistants Betsy Cole and Jessica Lobb and helper Ivan Demine. Photo: Kate Everson
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One-lane bridge on Murray Canal not an option By Kate Everson
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News - Quinte West - Residents near the Murray Canal bridge off County Road 64 have made it very clear. They do not want their two-lane bridge replaced by a one-lane. The $4.6-million bridge is scheduled to be built by 2015 by Parks Canada. “We don’t want to see it reduced,� said Councillor Jim Harrison at a public meeting at city hall with Parks Canada representatives, MP Rick Norlock and a room packed with angry people on April 23. “We want an acceptable solution.� A presentation by Jewel Cunningham, Parks Canada director of Ontario Water-
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ways from Peterborough, project manager Dean Hamilton and project engineer Brett McLellan, attempted to explain why the bridge design is for one lane. It only seemed to raise more concerns. “It’s not the same as it was thirty years ago,â€? explained Norlock. “We have to meet current standards.â€? He said the bridge is too narrow to support two lanes now, following the Canadian Highway Design Code. The minimum lane width is 3.5 metres. For two lanes it should be 9.5 metres wide. “It’s 3.05 metres or ten feet too narrow to be used for a two-lane bridge,â€? he said. “Vehicles are bigger now. It’s not sufďŹ -
cient to let two large vehicles cross.� He said the proposed one-lane bridge will have a pedestrian walkway for safety. “If construction is delayed,� he added, “this may result in a lower tonnage restriction on the bridge or it may have to be closed completely.� He said there is no guarantee it will be safe for nine tons after next winter. He noted the bridge at Carrying Place was repaired, not replaced, and was still able to keep its original two lanes. Norlock said that even if the three municipalities, Quinte West, Brighton and Prince Edward County, contrib-
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uted enough for a two-lane $8.3-million bridge there would be a two-year delay, terminating the current contract and over $300,000 already spent would be lost. He said they could submit a request to Build Canada for more funding. TrafďŹ c studies showed that a one-lane bridge would be acceptable for that area which links Brighton to Prince Edward County. Project manager Dean Hamilton said even with ďŹ ve bridge swings an hour the average delay would only be 119 seconds. He also noted that with a wider bridge they may have to change the alignment which would cost $10 million and if
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