No Money for Scott Street

A section of Scott Street in Fort Frances won't be improved this year.

The town was informed earlier this month that the improvements between Reid Avenue and Colonization Road would not qualify for dollars under the province's connecting link fund.

Mayor Roy Avis says its disappointing.

"I feel the provincial government dropped the ball on this one," says Avis, "because they asked us to do a five-year plan. We sit down and do that. Those roads are funded 90-per cent by the provincial government, 10 per cent by the municipality, so it impossible for us to go ahead without having their support."

The town plans to continue lobbying for funding with hopes of putting the project into next year's capital budget.