Wit Ventures: Local Delegation Pushing for Oversize Load Corridor.

Tuesday 21 August 2018

Local Delegation Pushing for Oversize Load Corridor.

From Tyler Kula, Sarnia Observer.

A delegation including Lambton County’s warden is staying on top of the push for provincial funding for a local oversized load corridor.

Bill Weber, along with other Sarnia-Lambton politicians and bureaucrats, is scheduled to meet with the parliamentary assistant to Infrastructure Minister Monte McNaughton at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference in Ottawa Aug. 18-22.

“We want to make sure everybody is aware of what needs to get done,” said Weber.

Meetings have been held previously with McNaughton, MPP for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, and Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey, who’ve both expressed support for the $12-million road improvement project – designed to let oversized modules from local fabricators pass unencumbered and thereby more cheaply to Sarnia Harbour.

The City of Sarnia, the county, St. Clair Township, and the Sarnia Lambton Industrial Alliance – a group of local fabricators and industrial service companies – have collectively pledged $6 million and have said they plan to start aspects of the project imminently.

Previous pushes for federal and provincial funding have been unsuccessful, but a new government at Queen’s Park has the group trying again.

Link to the rest here.

Image. Courtesy of Bill Weber.

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