3 out of 4 ain't good

middleriverwatersh
Jul 20
1 min read

Indian Brook, is 4.4 km upstream from where the Middle River meets the Bras D'Or lakes and has its head waters in Gairloch and Gillanders. Indian Brook has 4 major highway bridges on it and 3 of the 4 are currently experiencing significant damages due to the lack of proper stream maintenance.

Having a policy of complete control over instream work by the Federal Department of Fisheries & Oceans and the Nova Scotia Department of Environment has resulted in significant damage to roadway infrastructure as detailed in the attached videos.

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/ed38dc_2acd29b2f4bb41509c7e1f06d7e9597b/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

Bridge no. 1 located on the Gairloch Mountain Road, 1.5km off the Middle River West Road

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/ed38dc_d5ace8ddfb644848a62a424b69fb8cf4/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

Bridge no. 2 located on Gairloch Mountain Road and 1km from bridge no. 1

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/ed38dc_64ac49a8c67c4f57b9ad651613761ddd/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

Bridge no. 3 located on MacQuarrie Road, 250m from the Middle River West road

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/ed38dc_dd2347d91eb34404a548bf81ab5c1b10/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

Bridge no. 4 located on the Middle River West road