Espanola’s town administrator, Cynthia Townsend, says it’s a huge relief. Townsend was reacting to news that the province is giving Espanola $1.3 million to replace the Black Creek culvert at the south end of town. The 40-year-old culvert keeps Highway 6 connected to Manitoulin and Birch Island and if it ever broke, the highway would be shutdown. But with work starting this year, Townsend says area municipalities and First Nations can now take a breath. She adds, although it’s not part of the funding, the rehab work also takes in the Al Secord Trail so it can re-open.
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Espanola replacing major connecting culvert
Rocco Frangione
I've been a broadcast journalist for three-plus decades in Northern Ontario. I'm a graduate of Algonquin College's radio and television arts program and prior to that, an honours grad from Carleton University's philosophy program.
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