Submitted by Perry M. Nastiuk (not verified) on Sun, 16/11/2008 - 11:58am.
I have lived in the noth end all my life, in fact I am older than the over pass by 1 year, it has been an integral part of the lives of north enders. Not only do we utilize it by walking under it but also drive under it; so what has happened in the last 2 years is that hole there is the laughing stock of northenders as well as the frustration of a lot of us, I believe it would've been better from day 1 to just fill that hole with the type of aggreates that would take the weight of the many types of them that go down it every day & build an overpass-most people would say there wouldn't be enough room for it, well in T.Bay they have a couple of overpasses(east end entrance)so I know it can be done. Now we have a town engineer who is eating crow & should be fired for this fiasco as well as the genral contactor who was awarded this contract, it is obvious he had not engaged in this type of construction & has delayed this this project for another year which would make it 3 years, I don't think us north enders can endure a 4th year, heads should roll over this latest town blunder, instead of thinking that they could do such a monumentous task they should've consulted the public in a plebiscite as it has now become a laughing stock of this fine town. Soil sampling should have been done right off the hop instead of experiencin soil failure in the form of liquidization. I wonder if the mayor realizes that every time we have to drive from Christie Ave., N. all around to Frog Creek Rd. then up it until we hit the Hwy. & then go do our business & then repeat it as we go back home how much extra we have to pay in gasoline or if an emergency should arise & someones life is at stake, by the time someone shows up at the Victoris St. crossing that person could be gone already, I know if it was my Mother or Father I would sue this town back into the dark ages. So when the contractor starts up in the spring again & all of a sudden says we may have to do another season here than him & the engineer should be fired & the whole filled in & then get a reliable contractor to come in & put an overpass over the whole failure & I bet I am not the only one here who feels the same.
Sincerely yours,
Perry M. Nastiuk
Forestry Technician
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I have lived in the noth end all my life, in fact I am older than the over pass by 1 year, it has been an integral part of the lives of north enders. Not only do we utilize it by walking under it but also drive under it; so what has happened in the last 2 years is that hole there is the laughing stock of northenders as well as the frustration of a lot of us, I believe it would've been better from day 1 to just fill that hole with the type of aggreates that would take the weight of the many types of them that go down it every day & build an overpass-most people would say there wouldn't be enough room for it, well in T.Bay they have a couple of overpasses(east end entrance)so I know it can be done. Now we have a town engineer who is eating crow & should be fired for this fiasco as well as the genral contactor who was awarded this contract, it is obvious he had not engaged in this type of construction & has delayed this this project for another year which would make it 3 years, I don't think us north enders can endure a 4th year, heads should roll over this latest town blunder, instead of thinking that they could do such a monumentous task they should've consulted the public in a plebiscite as it has now become a laughing stock of this fine town. Soil sampling should have been done right off the hop instead of experiencin soil failure in the form of liquidization. I wonder if the mayor realizes that every time we have to drive from Christie Ave., N. all around to Frog Creek Rd. then up it until we hit the Hwy. & then go do our business & then repeat it as we go back home how much extra we have to pay in gasoline or if an emergency should arise & someones life is at stake, by the time someone shows up at the Victoris St. crossing that person could be gone already, I know if it was my Mother or Father I would sue this town back into the dark ages. So when the contractor starts up in the spring again & all of a sudden says we may have to do another season here than him & the engineer should be fired & the whole filled in & then get a reliable contractor to come in & put an overpass over the whole failure & I bet I am not the only one here who feels the same.
Sincerely yours,
Perry M. Nastiuk
Forestry Technician