NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO – A petition demanding action from government representatives (partial image above), in regards to maintenance of the Industrial Road connecting Manitouwage to the Municipality of Greenstone, providing access from Manitouwadge to Hillsport (and vice-versa), and to the Via Rail stop in the latter community (among other things), is currently cicurlating in a number of Northwestern Ontario communities including Geraldton (Mun. of Greenstone) and Manitouwadge.
It is also worth noting that some Hillsport residents see a family doctor or dentist in Manitouwadge, do their groceries/purchase pharmaceuticals in Manitouwadge, receive their mail at the Canada Post office there, etc. as these services/products are not available in their isolated community.
Though, as mentioned, there is no specification in regards to whether the petition is intended for municipal or provincial respresentatives, many people are seeing it as a useful tool, signing in the hopes that it will, when submitted, call their representatives to action in regards to creating a long-term maintenance strategy for the road which many consider a tertiary highway (though it is not paved and whether this had been, at one time, an official designation is currently being researched).
OntarioNewsNorth.com is currently waiting for a response from one of the residents responsible for circulating the petitions in regards to when they intend to collect the petitions, whom they will be presenting them to and a complete list of communities in which they can be found, this information will be shared immediately once received.
August 28th OntarioNewsNorth.com interviewed Manitouwadge Councillor Natalie Labbee in regards to a meeting, with Minister of Natural Resources David Orazietti, to discuss the issues surrounding Industrial Road, please scroll down (past Related Links) to view that video as well as another with Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha also on the topic of Industrial Road.
RELATED LINKS
The following are links related to the issue of maintenance of the afforementioned Industrial Road, we encourage you to review these prior to posting any questions below. However, once you have done so (to ensure answers to your question(s) have not already been provided) please share your thoughts on this issue by commenting below, we value your input and could possibly include your questions when interviewing government officials in regards to this topic. **Please note we have several interviews scheduled with Municipal and Provincial representatives in the coming weeks, subscribe to our main (English) youtube channel [ www.youtube.com/KarinaHunter ] to be notified when new videos are uploaded.
INTERVIEW W/Councillor Natalie LabbeeRE: meeting she and Mayor John MacEachern attended with Minister of Natural Resources the Hon. David Orazietti, at the 2013 Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) AGM & Annual Conference this month, about need for maintenance and other issues surrounding Industrial Road.
INTERVIEW W/Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael ManthaRE: Industrial Road, possible designation of the road as a highway which may have occured in the past, maintenance responsibilities, etc. [July 2013]
