HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-02-14, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2008. PAGE 3. At the Feb. 5 meeting. Morris-Turnberry councillors voted to spend
$16,000 on repairs to the Blind Line
Bridge north east of Belgrave, but
the load limit on the bridge will still
be reduced.
Councillors were acting on a
report from B. M. Ross and
Associates Limited which offered
three different options for repairs to
the controversial bridge which one
local farmer had complained had
load limits that restricted his ability
to farm. Currently the bridge is
limited to 15 tonnes for a single unit
vehicle, 22 tonnes for a two-unit
vehicle and 25 tonnes for a vehicle
train.
The report said that despite the
fact the bridge is 95 years old, the
steel components of the bridge were
in fair condition largely because they
are not exposed to road salt.
However, the south abutment of the
bridge is in poor condition and needs
to be refaced. The estimated cost of
this is $16,000.
Even with the repairs, the
engineers said they could not support
the current load limits and
recommended the limits be lowered
to 10 tonnes for a single unit vehicle,
19 tonnes for a two-unit vehicle and
26 tonnes for a vehicle train.
The load limit could be increased
to 14, 25 and 34 tonnes if four
additional beams were placed
between the existing stringers in
each of the eight bays, the company
said. It estimated this cost at
$46,000.
For a further estimated expense of
$22,000 for installing cross beams,
the load limit could be raised again
to 18, 30 and 41 tonnes, the report
said.
Councillors chose the first of the
options.
Public works co-ordinator Barry
O’Kraftka said the engineers did
further specific tests with the
township grader to determine if it
was safe to cross the bridge. It
determined there was no danger as
long as it did not cross are greater
than 40 km. per hour.
“So the same tests could be done
for specific trucks if someone
wanted to do it,” councillor Mark
Beaven observed.
O’Kraftka agreed they could.
Happy Valentine’s Day to all our
readers.
Happy birthday to Evelyn Popp,
Jim Chalmers and George Hubbard
who celebrate their birthdays on
Feb. 16.
I too will celebrate another
birthday on Feb. 18.
Mother Nature played another
weekend surprise on us. It is hard to
believe that just a week ago we were
looking at bare fields and no
snowbanks along the side of the
roads, now we have the snowbanks
and closed roads and no school in
many ares.
Many junior broomball players,
parents and coaches spent extra
hours in Mount Forest because of
the closed roads after being at a
broomball tournament in Barrie this
past weekend.
No church news this week as
many churches were closed
yesterday due to the weather and
road closures.
M-T to fix bridge
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