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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2001-02-14, Page 3News Scott Hilgendorff photos Valentine serenade Members of The Huron Strings were at Maplewood Manor Feb. 12 to perform for an afteroon Valentine's Day dance. (right) Residents Josie McCann and Viola Lawson dance .to o classic melody. The Huron Strings also played some love songs in honour of the day. Couniy•to heip.pay for Tickerniith gravel Construction detour from county road put up warnings a n d markers of a potentially created need for gravel on backroads dangerous curve alongthe detour route. While the compare the condition stop signs had been before and after the detour returned to yield signs by that was used around the municipality, the County Road 3, as the county -placed curve signs bridge was rebuilt. were still there and she The detour took drivers told council the county from Mill Road to Division paid to have calcium put Line, Roman Line and on the detour route to keep Morrison Line where it the dust down. rejoined County Road 3. MacLellan said the main "We do admit there concern is that the county needs to be some spot was not willing to put gravel put on the road," enough gravel on the road said Lawson. to restore it to its former "I think-we.'Fe being conditions, something the. shortchanged," said road foreman reported to ` `DeJong." He also said the them. county should have to After questions from repair some of a second council about how much it route to the south of the would cost for enough detour that drivers took, gravel to cover the road, depending on which Lawson and Public Works direction they were Coordinator, John Forrest planning to head in the began talking between township. themselves. "If people made choices When Mayor Lin Steffler to take the south route, it's asked the two to share their beyong my control," she discussion with everyone, said. Forrest said they were just Lawson argued that, with discussing a possible the bridge construction, the solution which included ward now, had the benefits the suggestion that maybe of a better truck route and the county could pick up said despite the detour was half the cost. made because of a county Lawson agreed with the road, "it's serving your solution and council passed municipality." a motion that it would pay She also pointed out the for half of the gravel to county has converted yield restore the road. signs to stop signs and had By Scott Hilgendorff Expositor Editor Huron County should pay half the expected $2,275 cost for gravel to restore about a mile stretch of backroads in Tuckersmith Ward, agreed county engineer Sandra Lawson after a debate at Huron East council about who should be responsible for the costs of restoring the road after it was used this summer as a construction detour. "I don't think there was a pebble left on the three miles," said Coun. Bill DeJong of Tuckersmith Ward. DeJong and Deputy Mayor Bernie MacLellan were on the former Tuckersmith council at the time of bridge contruction on County Road 3 (Mill Road), that led to the detour and were asked for their input in the Feb. 6 discussion with Lawson. Lawson had told counoil the county thought only spot gravel in places was needed, .particularly on a curve along the route, to restore the road to its original condition. The road was videotaped and toured so the county could Stolen van recovered in Seaforth A reported suspicious vehicle left on Railway Street, Seaforth turned out to be a van Stolen from a Hullett Ward residence in Cenral Huron. OPP were called about the van on Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. and discovered the van had been taken from a garage in Hullett and dropped off in Seaforth where three people were seen leaving the vehicle. The van owner's garage had been forced open to get to the van. 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