The chip-seal and gravel roads have suffered
after significant flooding in the last two
years was followed by a particularly harsh
winter, a combination that prompted a
great deal of break-up in the chip-seal roads
and has set workers behind in their annual
graveling efforts.
The county’s bridge inventory stands at
235, and with the change in funding from
provincial to local, that means Mountain
View is tasked with finding an extra $4
million to $5 million annually to cover the
costs of updating two or three bridges per
year and engineering four replacements.
“It’s huge,” Morrison said. “We’ve got to try
and find that money to construct new
bridges that historically would have been
funded by the province. When you’re not
used to budgeting that money, it does make
a big difference all down the line.”
Toward that end, a reserve fund has been
created to tuck away money for future
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