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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1999-08-04, Page 4-r 4 Exetgr me Lelikdvocate Wednesday,August 4, 1999 In the news Morrison Dam to be repaired this sunimer. zI'ownship road will be closed during repairs By Kate Monk TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF USBORNE TWP. -- Morrison Dam will undergo repairs this summer that will close Usborne Conc. 2-3. Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority water resources manager Alec Scott said there are two parts to the project. On the bridge deck, moisture has seeped between the asphaltd concrete and has eroded the deck. The road will be closed when the contractors strip the The bridge deck and retaining walls of Morrison Dam will be repaired this summer. sto Stephen Tti STEPHEN TWP. --- Police want to find thieves who are taking road signs in Stephen Twp. The theft of three road signs were reported to the Exeter OPP on July 26. The signs include' an orange small warning sign from Huron County Rd. 12; the Dashwood sign located at the south end of the village and a large Huron County -- Welcome to. Ontario's West Coast sign located on Mt: Carmel Rd. London OPP Const. Myra Rusk said a person caught stealing a road sign could be charged with theft under $5,000. She . also said there is a. major "danger factor" involved. Rusk said there have been cases where a person has sued the- sign thieve after being involved in . an accident caused by the missing sign., She said crimi- nal charges could also be laid if there is a coalition. Stephen TWO. 'roads superinten- dent Eric Finkbeiner said. several 911 signs also gone missing includ- ing the Blackbus,h Line and Kirkton Rd. sign. Other signs, including the Shipka Line and Corbett Line signs have been recovered in fields. The signs have only been up for a couple of . months. • . "The theft of these signs isn't critical now because 911 isn't up and running in the area but in the future someone's life could depend on them," Finkbeiner said. asphalt, repair the concrete and repave the deck. The deteriorating curbs will also be repaired. Provincial grants and Usburi)e Twp. will split the esti- mated $42,000 in costs. Scott said residents along the road have been notified the project will take place although he is not certain of the exact dates when the road will be closed. The second part of the project involves repairing cracks in the stilling basin's retaining walls. The top Layer of concrete is pulling away from the structure and must be repaired. The ABCA applied to the Ministry of Natural STANLAKE CEMENT CONTRACTOR • Concrete Forming Foundations and Floors • Impressed Concrete • Driveways and Sidewalks R.R. 2 Grand Bend Dim (519) 243-3261 Bruce (519) 238-2522 Complete bine of Building Materials TOOLS - LUMBER - CEMENT DOORS - WINDOWS - HARDWARE PRESSURE TREATED WOOD KITCHENS RENTALS - ELECTRICAL PLUMBING & HEATING SUPPLI 238.4393 235-2081 belch Exeter Resources and was- successful in receiving a 50 per cent grant for the $78,000 project. Scott admits the Authority was pleasantly surprised to receive the grant so soon since projects are often on a list for a few years before funding is received. The Town of Exeter and the ABCA's general levy will paid the other half of the project costs. For nearly 40 years, the town was a partner in the dam which was built 40 years ago to supply water for the canning fac- tory in Exeter. Scott expects the construction will take six weeks to complete. A.B. 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