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The engineering firm will be asked to draw Township of Cramahe in Castleton Town __| _ [ . e Poto ey Boe Owen up specifications and the job will be put Hall May 28. | '?i * MR ns R out to tender by the end of June if the Wayne Patterson of G. D. Jewell § J e ?“'\f:.}"e,\. copempmigeâ€"satue mayor has his way. That process should Engineering provided several design ie © Py y ‘.% hnd A i . Y h l take pace in July. On‘ce a company has variations for a small crowd made up of ' * kh.Afi )n {fl y V % W °[ |__been chosen by council to do the work it equal parts politicians, municipal staff and _ JP â€" Poule 4 i «.23 Je wee n . _ | _ will take eightâ€"toâ€"ten weeks for the work to i residents. 3 m . .. .s â€" 0. (Cuulve l n . _ [fi | . bedone. ; ; : Mr. Patterson‘s two alternative widths ; \ y ole h 2s _ 1 eea T0 ) ||_ . I all goes according to plan, the bridge for the deck â€" five metres or 5.5 metres â€" ¢ v%}?““ . ® F4 u. *~A e §p ) -» 3 (?5 2 1{1'1tsf rfiew format should be open sometime drew the most discussion. ~V u§ { € ; y Nes u) / 4) 1~~ tyf amw y s â€" i silg $ C w L 4 \ TA 4 7 lt â€" 4 Lt ks ~£ Mutton Bridge has been closed since Most of the residents who took in the s â€" o d yek & EK.. _ . : f formal presentation were not from. _ § t f @9 U _/ y J August 2006 when an engineering study Sy h. Ilf‘nligl'fi‘ y io 1g ‘ ‘\\-\ \t % borE Alinagt s revealed structural flaws in the supports abllcwljl ‘LI a a ies a} seemoq o be in "Â¥ ay. 0 e q iue d * ~*e" / for the deck. The closure left the township general support of the proposed widths. . \ Y 13 old j M o o‘ Mess with two northâ€"south arteries south from _ The informal discussions which '&\\ 4 c C .17 i: (et d §’3§g§4 Castleton and caused disruption to farm followed produced some concerns. Â¥ § : en e i4 4 "*; operations, bus and commuter routes. A 5.5â€"metre deck would accommodate Ai\ 3 _ e h C ral : $ _ ~8 No work was done while the township some of the larger farm vehicles which use is § , k j ' . “5 awaited the results of its application under the northâ€"south route. Some of the newer _ \ ~ /8 B f gz;, the federal/provincial COMRIF grant combines with 20â€"foot wheel bases will not m ce w En w ~> j program. Early in 2007 it was announced make it across the proposed options. pay its portion of the bill. designed to accommodate the moving of â€" Cramahe had been successful in its grant In order to make it wide enough for the Mr. Patterson gave two variations for _ the underlying dam stoplogs. bid, and the enginéering design options combines, the abutments under the bridge _ guyard rails in an attempt to accommodate His presentation produced spirited . study was commissioned. . would dsave io be widenedito accommodate / fuemeadte seelover the mideaito the Fiver | discussion. When the bridge deck is reconstructed, the approaches. Mr. Patterson was not able _ pelow, Low sides can be used because the Most people in attendance expressed _ it will sit about one metre upstream from to make a close estimate of the addition al pbridge is on a lowâ€"volume road. Both _ their frustration over the bridge‘s closing. _ where it is now, so that it is centred on the cost involved in widening the deck to 20 â€" options are higher than the current rail â€" If the comments of Mayor Marc Coombs abutments underneath. It will support full feet. but offered that it might cost close t0 _ which does not meet the current Canadian _ are any indication, they won‘t have to wait â€" highway loads. 50 1&“’ 10‘?'“ more, hy oo e Highway Bridge Code. ‘nder current plans, the federal an There were three possible deck surfaces $ d â€" provincial governments are tossing i}l 2 _ on offerâ€" concrete gn girders, reinforced MUttOIl brl ge OWHCI' ITlllSt agree total of $280,000 and Cramahe is using â€" concrete and timber. Reinforced concrete $140,000 from provincial gas tax money t0 seemed to be the only one which was Continued from page 1 and surrounding land and home. NB The bridge has always been a dualâ€" At one time, Wally Mutton owned the 7 purpose structure with the dam underneath. _ entire unassumed road from Tobacco Road wl j K aag There was been a mill there since 1850 _ to the corner locals know as Feeney Corner. in â€" ho + j || when William Coon set up shop with a dam In 1952, he sold Mill Hill for $300 to 6: =I M es# .\ ||. and a bridge. The mill provided the wood for â€" Cramahe Township. At the same time, he EE W ?;, i [| _ many of the homes in the surrounding area. sqld the road to the south \yh ich connected bmi «C E § In 1884, the bank took over the mill, then _ with Penryn Road. The section from the mill 4 ‘ Y w A / sold it to Edward Mutton. He passed it on in sluice north to Tobacco Road remained in e ue 355 1 555 »4 A | | "‘ 4 â€" 1908 to his son Wally, who owned it for 58 _ Wally Mutton‘s hands until the 1966 sale. 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