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MLA Mitton presses province on road tolls, health care and fate of Wheaton Covered Bridge |
"Mitton said the provincial department of transportation and infrastructure (DTI) is planning to move ahead this year with the construction of a bridge so that farm and emergency vehicles could cross the Tantramar River on the High Marsh Road.
The new structure would replace the Wheaton Covered Bridge which was closed to traffic in 2024 for safety reasons. After the new bridge is built, the Wheaton bridge would be restored for pedestrian and bicycle crossings.
But later, Tantramar Heritage Trust Past President Logan Atkinson said he feared that time had run out for the 110-year-old covered bridge and that farmers would now lose another year waiting for construction of a newer one beside it.
“I don’t think they would put up with that,” he said, “so that means that the only outcome has to be taking the [covered] bridge down.”
Mitton replied that she spoke to DTI Minister Chuck Chiasson last week who said officials had been trying to reach the owner of the land where the new bridge would go.
“The soil may be an issue in terms of what’s possible to build there,” she said, adding that in order to get environmental approvals, there would need to be an archeological investigation to determine if there are Indigenous artefacts there."
Covered Bridge photography by THE Indie Media Eastcoast on the Tantramar Marshlands ... 110 years old on the High Marsh Road crosses the Tantramar River.. has been closed due to safety issues since 2024 .. more here:
"Jolicure resident Thaddeus Holownia said the province hasn't paid much attention to the bridge in recent years.
"It's been decades since anything's happened here," said Holownia.
"Aren't these heritage buildings around the province? Isn't this a major tourism attraction, that people come and go through all the covered bridges in New Brunswick?"
Holownia said the bridge is often the most "direct" route for people in the area.
He's also concerned about what the closure will mean for farmers in the area who rely on the bridge to transport hay and other crops."
Sawmill Creek Bridge at Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick built in 1908
"Only 58 covered bridges remain
Back in the 1950s, New Brunswick had 340 covered bridges.
Now, only 58 of the iconic structures remain.
The state of New Brunswick's famed covered bridges is "bleak," according to one conservation group."
More here: Covered bridges - gnb.ca
Epic Confederation Bridge built in 1997 viewed from New Brunswick side shown above spans 13 kms. across the Northumberland Strait was photographed at the fabulous Cape Jourimain Nature Centre... Cape Jourimain in Bayfield New Brunswick.
I have noticed that Bruce Wark gives a lot of coverage to Megan Mitton Green MLA .. I have mentioned to him that censorship is a problem.. for myself as an example my Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Spreaker, Vimeo, X, Twitter have been suspended.. is this happening to a lot of independant media creators? Most likely.
Its clearly a problem to have people interferring with the nefarious plans of Big Tech.. but the push-back is happening.. all across the world.
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