Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 23, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Winnipeg free May Highway 75 lies littered Road to open in few but detours anticipated by Alice Krueger legislature reporter a sorry Trail of debris and destruction is slowly emerging from the floodwaters of South Ern Manitoba along what once was the provinces major traffic corridor to the United so much so that highways depart ment Crews abandoned their graders and got out the Snow lows this week to remove All the Branch stray Grain bins and other assorted rubble deposited along some stretches of the twin Roadway South of while portions near Morris remain under what is visible of High Way 75 at this stage is not a pretty Manitoba Deputy highways minister Andy Horosko fixing it will require millions of Dol Lars and the better part of the sum he generally what were seeing is a lot of shoulder a tremendous amount of trash and debris on the Highway its Horosko he said the worst damage appears to be on the northbound Lane just South of the Village of the Highway is just gone theres stretches of open water and you can see kind of crumpled up pieces of con Horosko that a pretty expensive stretch of Road probably by the time were done in that Little piece it will Cost somewhere around and he said millions More will be required to remove All the rubble and restore shoulder he said he expects the Highway will be open Wayne free press a northbound Section of Highway just South of shows the results of the floodwaters destruction earlier this to at least in some within a few what its going to mean is that in certain sections Well be operating Only on two he were going to see detours along the route As were making were going to see equipment work ing and theres going to be a need perhaps More so than Ever to drive Horosko said because of the con Crete slab repairing Highway 75 will be More expensive than Normal its a whole lot less forgiving if the slab then basically you Chip it away and you redo its a significant he because the sub Grade beneath the Concrete slabs is some of the damage May not be perceptible for a he the fact Well be running traffic on a fairly wet sub Grade and base is Likely going to show Down the years As a Little bit More he Wayne free press repairs to Highway 75 will Cost millions of dollars and take the better part of the warning labels try to leave nothing to Chance in not a total but Ive been wondering about some of the rest of this is nothing you in probably writing about the Guy sitting at the next the one wearing the in with stupid there has to be some reason manufacturers put ridiculous warnings on their telling us not to engage in completely stupid and fatal the tobacco companies print the warnings because there forced and because they know that a committed smoker will consider can cause can Lead to lung disease and can make you smell like an Ash tray a personal i started noticing stupid warnings monday night when a gang of us gathered for our annual blow pm Lindor Reynolds up real Good Salute to Queen Victo we always set fire to the explosive devices in a beside a away from apartment billboards and other objects that could potentially catch fire due to our resulting in smoke damage and possible our enthusiasm usually peaks with the finale several fireworks placed in the lit and set off its a wonderful particularly when grown men holding matches run like the wind to get Clear before the the children cheer their fathers although secretly there hoping for the repeat of the year someones pants caught on fire and they got to practise the drop and Roll technique they Learned in the menfolk Are simply following the Light fuse and retire quickly instruction on the none of them have managed to retire but they follow the instructions each year and Hope for Freedom this we bundled up like Nanook of the set told the kids not to go near the fireworks and got ready for the while some struggled with the matches and the my Friend and i read the 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