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Petition
Presented May 4, 2009
Long Island Causeway
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MR. SPEAKER: The
hon. the Member for the District of Port de Grave.
MR. BUTLER: Thank
you, Mr. Speaker.
I stand today to present
another petition on behalf of the residents with
reference to a fixed link from Long Island to Pilley’s
Island in Green Bay. The petition is from the people of
Pilley’s Island, Long Island, and all areas in
between, and different communities in that surrounding
area.
MR. TAYLOR: (Inaudible).
MR. BUTLER: What
we are looking for is a causeway, I say to the minister.
Mr. Speaker, the people
in that area have some major concerns. When it comes to
the transportation, they know that they have been
blessed with a good ferry service, I guess, for
twenty-six years, that gave them service. In their
petition they are saying at the present time that they
are looking forward to a replacement ferry or a fixed
link. They contend that from the feasibility studies
that have been done, and the information that they have
obtained, that the most feasible way would be a
causeway.
Some of the issues that
they raise in relation to their petition, and the calls
and the concerns that we get, are in regard many times
to the emergency medical side of it. What they are
saying is the time that would have lapsed from getting
to a doctor or to a hospital when it comes to the
present ferry service, or the ferry service that they
had over the years, versus what a causeway would be.
They also mentioned concerns that their students
experience travelling to school and getting from the
island. The same thing, Mr. Speaker, they believe that
the causeway is the best route to go. It has also been
brought to our attention, and we have mentioned this
before, the transportation of the fish products from the
plant there. There have been issues from time to time
with regard to that.
I know correspondence has
been sent to the Member for the Grand
Falls–Windsor–Green Bay South area and I know he has
been trying his best on their behalf; however, we
receive petitions. We know that back in 2003 those
residents were told that there would be a causeway
built, there would be a Long Island causeway, and then
after they were told by a former minister that this
would be placed on hold for a while. It would be
deferred until the finances became more stable here in
our Province.
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of
the residents I present this petition with regards to
asking government to consider immediately to take
measures to construct a fixed link between Long Island
and Pelley’s Island in Green Bay.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. |
