May 2014
| BusinessWorld | 45
while the hours in the day are spread out
between the various aforementioned
departmental tasks, the majority of the
monies are earmarked for road and bridge
work.
“We took direction years ago that,
regardless of budgets, we’re tomake the cuts
elsewhere,” Parisien said. “There’s upkeep
that needs to needs to be done every year
and the council has made it a priority to
keep up the road network. I’d say it’s in
decent shape as a whole. Theremay be some
sections that wouldn’t meet that criteria,
but it’s certainly in better shape than Marc
and I collectively.”
Increased use of recycled asphalt in
maintenance has been both a cost-
conscious and environmentally initiative
undertaken in recent years, while just about
all of the counties’ traffic lights have been
recently converted to LED bulbs which
provides an energy benefit, a cost savings
and reduces the recurring need for fixing or
replacing lights.
Next on the agenda in terms of major
projects is the improvement of a stretch of
County Road 17 that runs from a Highway
