2009-05-25
00:05:45
(Mayor Grace Losier – photo courtesy Town of Grand Bay-Westfield)
Grand Bay-Westfield Mayor Grace Losier says a new 5-million dollar collector road is a shot in the arm for her community.
The federal and provincial governments are funding the highway which will run from the Highland Road overpass on highway 7 to the center of the town opening up a large tract of land for development.
Losier says about 400-acres have been sitting idle because of a lack of access — she expects landowners to come to council soon with development proposals.
The mayor says the town also has some other irons in the fire — construction on the new road will begin this year with completion set for later next year.
