page 4 page 10 Strait Area Campus Music Camp page 17 hosts Bell’s on the Canal Fun times at ‘Let’s Talk Day’ cancelled L’Arche Cape Breton porthawkesburyreporter.com Vol. 41, No. 5 February 7, 2018 117623 Investigation launched into movement of Canso Canal walls by Matt Draper The Reporter
[email protected] PORT HASTINGS: A study will investi- what’s causing that minor differential gate what is happening to the walls at the but we wanted to go forward with an en- Canso Canal. gineering investigation so that we could Glen F r y, construction project man- determine what… we would propose for ager with the Department of Fisheries the future to repair that,” said F r y. “It’s a and Oceans, said the department made man-made structure, it’s 60 years old, and a request through Public Service Pro- things are going to happen, things dete- curement Canada to issue a request for riorate. These are things the department proposals for an engineering investiga- has to monitor and plan future projects to tion. He said the study will look at what make sure the canal stays in good shape.” he called “cross-dimensional differences” Fry said he isn’t sure how much the in the Canso Canal walls, which were no- study will cost, adding it may depend on ticed last winter after taking water out of how long it takes. the canal. “It’s relatively minor, it’s not going to “We were working on the north gates interfere with normal canal operations of the lock,” he said.