Winnipeg Free Press

Friday, May 16, 1997

Issue date: Friday, May 16, 1997
Pages available: 233
Previous edition: Thursday, May 15, 1997

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 16, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free May a13 Bridge closing hurting business by Aldo Santin City Hall reporter ten Days after the Provencher Bridge was merchants on the Boulevard Are feeling the effects on their i had to Lay off my Only staff i afford to keep said Gilles owner of the trendy cafe City officials said the Bridge will remain closed for at least another month until the red River returns to Normal summer Levels and a proper evaluation of any lon term damage can be but some merchants Are already looking 30 Days Down the Road to the the City decides damage to the superstructure is so severe the 80 year old Bridge must be were hoping it can be kept open if they have to build a new said Dave owner of labelled wed Ding if it stays closed until we get a new one then were really in City officials said the Bridge will be open to pedestrian and bicycle traffic beginning today but that Small Consolation for those earning their living on the merchants on the Boulevard Esti mate that traffic has declined by about 75 per cent but theres no estimate on just much Money is being business is really said a clerk at the Shell i could lose in aut Opac com missions after one said Paul who operates an insurance office and travel business on the Oullette said he estimates his Busi Ness has been off by 40 per cent during the past 10 if this keeps Well have to come up with a plan to get people Back Down Oullette but not everyone is fran co Castelli said business was booming last weekend at his elegant candles but admits his lunchtime crowds have been reservations Are also Down for this Castelli High water Levels damage cottages by Kim Guttormson staff reporter High Levels in the Winnipeg River and its lakes have flooded boat houses and set docks some cottagers wont be Able to reach their property because roads Are under shifting ice and High winds have also damaged some our Neighbours Dock is pretty much Nuti Mik Lake cot Tager Joan Kitchen said its not going to be a Nice Welcome Back this the kitchens went out last weekend to Check on their which is High above the they remove their Dock each fall by winching it out of the Lake and resting it on a Rock which this year is under Kitchen said they spent the two Days re securing their Dock and watching another Neighbour weigh his Perma nent Dock Down with barrels of Sand and the same theory used with Railroad natural resources officer Rick tease said the Winnipeg River and Dorothy and Eleanor lakes crested monday at one foot below the Levels of the 1992 fall Home Crest Patio furniture meeting to consider if City should sell part of Park a special committee meeting will be held tuesday afternoon decide if the City should sell off part of a West Kildonan the Parks and culture committee has stated it Doest want Chochinov Paf k to be sold to allow for the construction of a giant Canadian tire store on Leila it will review the Issue on the basis that Only a part of the 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