'It's terrific,' says Lucy Kloosterhuis after learning there is movement on a decades-old proposal.
KAKABEKA FALLS — It's been talked about for decades, and likely won't be built for a number of years to come, but the mayor of Oliver Paipoonge is pleased to hear there's some movement on a highway project affecting residents of her municipality.Last week, it was revealed that the Ministry of Transportation has started the preliminary design phase for twinning part of Highway 11/17 westward from Thunder Bay to the Kakabeka Falls area.
"And now they're looking at the section up to Mokomon, which will mean it will bypass the village of Kakabeka," she said. "There will be a new bridge and all the truck traffic that's been such a bother to everyone, both on 11/17 and 102/Dawson Road, will go down this section of highway, so it'll alleviate a lot of the traffic. Yes, it's terrific."
A bypass potentially could divert some visitors away from the village, but the mayor believes there would be an exit from the highway, "and you're still gonna get the tourists, because the park is what brings people there. And the locals are now there, and they're never going to leave the village. I think hat concern has has kind of gone away." "I know it's going to be awhile yet, but this is one step farther.
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