Construction on Mulgrave bridge scheduled for spring

MULGRAVE: Discussions surrounding Wyldes Bridge was once again a topic of interest during the town’s regular council meeting on Oct. 18.

During a public question period, members of the gallery asked about the status of the schedule of construction for Mulgrave’s Main Street bridge.

Originally scheduled for construction right about now, it is still currently being serviced by a temporary Bailey bridge.

Ron Chisholm, the town’s mayor, advised despite the tender for construction was yet to be posted, he is expecting it to be issued sometime this fall, which would allow for construction to occur in the spring of 2022.

During the town’s earlier council meeting on Oct. 4, it was stated by Deputy Mayor Tanya Snow-Keeling there was a “kerfuffle” with the tender that went out, and CAO David Gray advised the project was being deferred until next year.

Drake Lowthers

Drake Lowthers has been a community journalist for The Reporter since July, 2018. His coverage of the suspicious death of Cassidy Bernard garnered him a 2018 Atlantic Journalism Award and a 2019 Better Newspaper Competition Award; while his extensive coverage of the Lionel Desmond Fatality Inquiry received a second place finish nationally in the 2020 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards for Best Feature Series. A Nova Scotia native, who has called Antigonish home for the past decade, Lowthers has a strong passion in telling people’s stories in a creative, yet thought-provoking way. He graduated from the journalism program at Holland College in 2016, where he played varsity football with the Hurricanes. His simple pleasures in life include his two children, photography, live music and the local sports scene.