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Petition
Presented May 27, 2008
There is a need for a Torbay Bypass Road
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MR. SPEAKER: The
hon. the Member for the District of Port de Grave.
MR. BUTLER: Thank
you very much, Mr. Speaker.
I stand today to present
another petition on behalf of the residents of Pouch
Cove, Torbay and area with regards to the Torbay Bypass
Road.
I know I have presented
several petitions now on behalf of those residents, Mr.
Speaker. I have to say that they have major concerns
with regards to the starting point of that particular
highway, where it will travel through approximately two
kilometres of the Town of Torbay, and from all
indications, what has been planned is a five-lane
highway. The people are asking in that area if
government would reconsider the starting point and more
or less bypass the town so that they will get away from
the residential area and all the people. I think there
are 214 residents on that particular two-kilometre
stretch and they have major concerns for safety of the
children who may have to cross a five-lane highway for
their bus transportation.
Mr. Speaker, I know the
officials have met with some residents. They have been
dealing with that and I am just asking the minister, and
through the minister to the government, to take
particular notice to the concerns that the people have
expressed. We do know that a couple of issues that have
arisen are in the area next to the airport where they
have considerable problems with diverting the road that
way because of the extra costs of the construction and
the terrain, and also the watershed area.
Mr. Speaker, I present this petition and urge government
to reconsider the beginning of that route. Hopefully,
that can be addressed to address the concerns of the
residents of that particular area.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. |
