WHO:
Alliance International
WHAT:
Global freight forwarder, NVOCC
and U.S. Customs broker;
division of Alliance Shippers Inc.
WHERE:
Long Beach, Califonia
WEBSITE:
www.Alliance.com
Township – home to 15,247 people within
the united counties’ borders – likened the
region’s fate to a famed vessel which sank
about 650kilometers offCanadian shores.
A report released by 13 regional wardens,
whose combined entity is referred to as the
Eastern OntarioWardens’ Caucus, claimed
household incomes in the region are
$10,000 b neath the provincial average, the
tax-assessment base climbs as high as 90
percent in some counties and the
population aged 65 years and older is above
25percent in some areas.
Those statistics are coupled with the reality
of maintaining a transportation network
that includes 5,000 bridges and 69,000
kilometers of roads.
“It’s critical right now, but the trend is
getting worse,” St. Pierre said. “By 2020,
which is only six years away, we’re going to
be in dire straits. The trend is scary. We’re
on theTitanic and the ship is sinking.”
Parisien was also quoted in the Citizen
article, but both he and colleague Marc
Clermont, director of public works for the
united counties, claim Prescott and Russell
have a pretty good handle on the 600
kilometers or roads and 100 bridges that fall
under their combined charge.
In fact, Clermont said, enough catch-up
Prescott &Russell
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