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News - Campbellford - “Well done, congratulations, we are so very proud,â€? said Trish Wood, guidance facilitator at Campbellford District High School at the Junior Awards 2012-2013 assembly. inspection & steering $ 95 Approximately 300 students received component inspection awards, some more than one, at the “CelCampbellford Chrysler ebration of Excellenceâ€?. 'RAND 2D s Parents, students and staff gathered for the program, which began with the presentation of Grade 9, 10 and 11 honour society certiďŹ cates, awarded to students with an overall average of 80 per cent in the courses they took last year, followed SAY CHEESE by subject awards. “That’s a fantastic accomplishment,â€? Wood said. “Campbellford District High School is a very personable caring community and the school is very proud of our accomplishments,â€? she added. There was also something different at this year’s event, Wood explained. “The Kawartha Pine Ridge (KPR) District School Board has really focused Empire wins big at in the last year or so on ensuring that Royal Winter Fair. Grade 9 and Grade 10 students get all of their credits. And so there was a very strong student success plan put in place at
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News - Campbellford - The pros and cons of the two alternatives for adding a second major river crossing in Campbellford were laid out before the project’s steering committee last Friday, but no decision will be made until after a public meeting is held in January. The committee opted to wait until it receives input from the community before it decides which alternative it prefers. The options are to twin the existing bridge to create three lanes that includes one for left-hand turns, or build a second bridge between Alma and Second streets to handle half of the trafďŹ c that currently goes through the downtown. OfďŹ cials with IBI Group, the Toronto ďŹ rm that’s evaluating the alternatives, said either solution will work quite well in eliminating congestion and long delays crossing the bridge during peak hours, which are expected to get steadily worse over the next 30 years.
But “one is slightly better than the other if you look very far in the future,â€? 40 to 50 years, Don Drackley said, and that’s the Alma-Second connection. Bridge Street “will be under stressâ€? due to the added trafďŹ c it will have to handle in the future. “There could be capacity problems especially with the road itself, not with the bridge,â€? he said. A second crossing 400 metres south of the existing structure offers redundancy in case something were to happen at the existing bridge that would prevent trafďŹ c crossing over. “(That) affects the whole community,â€? Drackley said. Opening up a second corridor will ensure there will always be a means for vehicles to cross the Trent River. It will also make it easier for drivers passing through Campbellford to continue their journey, he said. Drackley also noted the Trent Hills Fire Department prefers a second crossing.
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ing made to access roads (Second, Alma, Simpson and Cockburn) to handle increased volumes of trafďŹ c. Committee members and local residents questioned many of the points contained in the consultants’ analysis, particularly claims about the housing that would be lost with the demolition of three buildings downtown and the heritage values attached to the properties. Tom Kerr, president of the Campbellford BIA, said members of the business association “want to keep the status quo,â€? but if merchants downtown are “going to survive today,â€? they have to give people a reason to shop there. “It doesn’t matter which bridgeâ€? alternative is chosen, he said. Judy McLean, a member of the Second Street Ratepayers Association that’s opposed to a bridge being connected to their neighbourhood, presented a petition with 342 names arguing in favour of the twinned bridge solution. Please see “Bridgeâ€? on page 3
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“We certainly agree the best solution for emergency services in this community is having two bridges.� The Second Street bridge option’s pros include not having to remove commercial/ residential buildings or parking spaces in the downtown area while opening up opportunities for residential redevelopment and new businesses. The cons include displacing residential properties and having to close the main bridge for one year while a new bridge is built in its place. The twinned bridge option would leave residential neighbourhoods untouched but require the demolition of much-needed housing units. The two solutions, which both involve replacing the existing bridge when it nears the end of its projected life span in 20 to 30 years, will cost roughly the same: $26.5 million for the twinning option, and $28 million for the Second Street bridge. The latter option will require improvements be-
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