The town of Fort Frances has presented its case for the need for government funding.
A contingent of council, led by Mayor Roy Avis, met last week with Northern Development Minister Michael Gravelle to discuss the importance of connecting link funding.
"That's a pretty critical funding for the municipality," says Avis. "Ninety per cent is paid by the province and ten per cent by the municipality on the road that goes right through Fort Frances and is used by all those heavy trucks - that being King's Highway, Scott Street and Colonization Road East and also Central Avenue going to the bridge."
Avis says they also met with Tourism officials during last week's Ontario Good Roads Conference on potential funding to improve Sunny Cove Camp.
The group also met with Environment Minister on the cost of providing recycling programs in northern Ontario.
"He was very receptive to the needs of the north. When we explained to him its over $100 per tonne to do blue box collection and its only $16.00 per tonne for using the landfill site, he was quite concerned about that."
Avis was joined by Councillors Andrew Hallikas and Ken Perry and CAO Mark McCaig in the meetings.
