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Posted: May 11, 2021 7:00 AM AT | Last Updated: May 11 Gary Griffin sought restoration of tidal flow on the Petitcodiac River for decades after it was interrupted by a causeway that harmed fish populations. He was happy to recently see water begin to flow under a new bridge replacing part of the causeway.(Shane Magee/CBC)
As work continues on the new Causeway bridge, area residents are beginning to see a change in the Petitcodiac ...
A spring campaign is encouraging you to leave your grass alone for a couple of weeks. The No-Mow May Campaign is being promoted throughout the region to avoid or limit cutting your lawn in May. The extra weeks of growth will allow pollinators to take advantage of the early source of nectar created by flowering plants. The population of pollinators such as bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, and beetles has seen a significant decrease over the years. According to Brittany Cormier, A Project Leader for the Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance, the campaign has been used throughout the world but adopting...
Posted: Apr 22, 2021 5:39 PM AT | Last Updated: April 22 Michelle Knockwood, an Indigenous land conservation officer for the Fort Folly First Nation, Krysta Cowling, executive director of Petitcodiac Riverkeeper and Riverkeeper president Ronald Babin hold a sign with a proposed name for the new bridge between Moncton and Riverview.(Kate Letterick/CBC News)
(Photo: Courtesy of Ritchie Boyd) Construction of the new bridge over the Petitcodiac River linking Moncton and Riverview is on time and on budget so far according to officials with the New Brunswick Department of Transportation. Modern Construction is the main contractor on-site which is actually the same company that helped build the causeway in the 1960s. Department of Transportation assistant director of operations Michael Pauley says the work has been broken down into phases. “We’ve started excavating the lower part where the new channel is going to enter under the new bridge – we ...