By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com GERALDTON \u2014 Work to completely rebuild Geraldton\u2019s Main Street is slated to begin when the frost thaws next year. That\u2019s according to Greenstone Mayor Jamie McPherson, who said the municipality has issued its request for proposals for the multimillion-dollar job. The work will include improving drainage well below ground, replacing water and sewer infrastructure, rebuilding the road\u2019s foundation, widening the thoroughfare, installing new, more modern curbs and repaving. \u201cThe goal is to get the water table low enough that we don’t have that frost heaving and that the road will last for many years,\u201d he said. \u201cBeing the start of the road up to the First Nation communities that don’t have road access, there’s going to be a lot of traffic going… <\/p>\n
By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com GERALDTON \u2014 Work to completely rebuild Geraldton\u2019s Main Street is slated to begin when the frost thaws next year. That\u2019s according to Greenstone Mayor Jamie McPherson, who said the municipality has issued its request for proposals for the multimillion-dollar job. The work will include improving drainage well below ground, replacing water and sewer infrastructure, rebuilding the road\u2019s foundation, widening the thoroughfare, installing new, more modern curbs and repaving. \u201cThe goal is to get the water table low enough that we don’t have that frost heaving and that the road will last for many years,\u201d he said. \u201cBeing the start of the road up to the First Nation communities that don’t have road access, there’s going to be a lot of traffic going... <\/p>\n