From Tyler Kula, Sarnia
Observer.
Boaters
rejoice.
As of
next week, Sarnia will have public boat ramps again.
The City
of Sarnia announced Friday the prolonged task of replacing the old Centennial
Park four-ramp launch is near its end. The new version opens to the public
April 26.
“We’re
all excited about it,” said John Cowan with Needham’s Marine Limited in Sarnia.
Getting
the 180-200 boats Needham’s stores on London Line into the water was a challenge
last year with just the single ramp at Bridgeview Marina available, he said,
also crediting Bridgeview for going above and beyond to fill the void left when
the old launch was demolished in 2017 and efforts to build a new one were
repeatedly stalled.
“The new
ramps look great and we’re excited to start the new chapter,” Cowan said.
The old
ramps were destroyed in January 2017 as part of the now-$13.5-million
Centennial Park remediation and revamp project.
The plan
had been to build the new ramps first, but that was abandoned when senior
government and conservation authority officials required the seawall at
Centennial Park's south be moved in 10 metres, city officials have said.
To get
the rest of park remediation and redesign work done, the call was made to
demolish first.
Images. Zach
Neal.
Thank you for reading.
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