#road-conditions

#road-conditions

Residents have reported that as many as 200 heavy-duty trucks a day have been bringing fill to an aggregate pit on Harmony Road N. since November, churning up mud to the point that conditions on the country road have become hazardous.

"Our message is that if you do have to travel this weekend, try to make it Sunday night at the latest,"

William Smith, who lives on Tyrell, showed us a bent car rim, which he said had all been damaged by the street's potholes just in the last three weeks. He said he's also punctured two of his tires on the road. "So I drive extremely slow and cautious," he said. "Sometimes I'll choose not to leave, seriously, just because this street is so bad. I only use it when I have to. It's terrible."

We are farming in the west of Ireland and have recently run into difficulties with a new neighbour regarding noise and general farm activity. Many years ago, we sold several sites along the road beside our yard. All the original buyers were local people who understood the nature of farming and rural life, and we never had a moment's bother with any of them.

After decades of travelling the 400 route in Central Ontario, not to mention all the weather worn pot-holed roads of Muskoka, I was pleasantly surprised.

Pidcock spoke post-stage, you'd have thought the Brit had just been on a Sunday stroll, judging by how cheery he was, despite admitting that it was just under 17 minutes of 'suffering like a dog.'