This road is a pothole breeding ground! We've spent lots of money patching and re-patching that short stretch of road, running from the bridge to the CN rail tracks. The County paved their portion of the road south of the railway tracks, but the village can't afford to do that.
It has been suggested that we remove the battered and pothole-ridden pavement and return the road to a gravel road. I'm concerned about the dust blowing into town from a graveled road, but this may be our only option going forward. Environmental concerns and rules prevent us from using many dust proofing products that we may have in the past.
We already have a dust problem along the extension of the Beacon Heights Road, south past the Grasslands entry. Almost half of the complaints I receive are about the potholes on the back road and the dust along Beacon Heights Road. It has been a hot topic at Town Hall meetings, too!
Quite frankly, I don't have a solution to the problem. The back road is one of many entrances to the village. Maybe we can live with one dusty one!
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