2009-04-30
07:30:12
Residents expressed anger last night over town of Fort Frances plans to remove a section of sidewalk from Portage Avenue.
The removal of the walk between Fifth and Sixth Streets is part work planned for Portage next year. But Randy House says area residents were forced to pay $1,600 dollars each 15 years ago to have the walk repaired.
"We we're forced to repair the sidewalk because it was damaged," says House. "We didn't complain and we got a nice sidewalk out of it. To pay again to take the sidewalk out doesn't ring right."
Operations and Facilities Manager Doug Brown says the town is moving forward with plans to have at least one sidewalk on every street, but the concerns expressed will be considered before any work on Portage actually takes place.
