Comment received in the news feed on October 24th by user PhinSB140

PhinSB140 9 days ago

BRUCE BEACH ROAD INFILTRATION GALLERY QUESTIONS & COMMENTS1. The cross-section drawing of the Infiltration Gallery shows most of the equipment under one side of the road, with asphalt over the entire road. Does this mean that the road will become asphalt covered where the Infiltration Gallery is installed, between Cottages 137 and 150 Bruce Beach Road? Is this asphalt part of the project cost? Will the rest of the road going south remain gravel? (We prefer gravel over paving which would encourage more and faster traffic and diminish the rustic “cottagey” feel of the area.)2. What time of year would installation take place and how long would it last? Would cottage access be reduced or eliminated during construction?3. How would maintenance of the Infiltration Gallery be done? What is estimated frequency and cost of maintenance, and how would costs be allocated?4. Would the final cost assessment to each property be calculated based on road footage or some other criterion?5. We have added up the ranges of assessments for Blocks B, D, E, F, and H, and the numbers don’t seem to relate to the estimated total cost for the Infiltration Gallery, (assuming Huron-Kinloss pays 71%). Can you provide a spread sheet showing how the numbers are generated, or an explanation of the method used?6. Does the Infiltration Gallery not seem like an overly complicated, costly, disruptive, and uncertain solution to an annoying but relatively minor short-term problem? For many of us summer-only Bruce Beach residents, it is hard to get excited about some irregular short-lived April flooding which we never experience first-hand, and which causes us no discernable problem. Certainly our estimated assessment of $2,900-$4,300 for the Infiltration Gallery seems unjustifiable. Plus there likely will be on-going maintenance costs, and it may not even work properly. It seems like going after a mosquito with a rocket launcher: expensive, risky, and likely to cause more problems than it could ever solve.7. Would it not make sense to try something much simpler at first, such as just lengthening and deepening the trial ditch that is there now? Judging by the reported small flooding last spring, the trial ditch may already have reduced the problem somewhat by improving seepage into the ground. Steve & Betty Phin, 140 Bruce Beach Road Oct. 30, 2019