Shape of Swissair memorial a shame, NDP says

By David Jackson / Provincial Reporter

Finding which branch of government handles what issues can be a
headache even for an MLA, New Democrat Bill Estabrooks discovered
this week.

Mr. Estabrooks said Tuesday he wants someone to fix the pathway from
the parking lot to the Swissair memorial site at Whalesback near
Peggys Cove, established three years ago.

The path winds around rocks for about 100 metres to the memorial, and
Mr. Estabrooks said it's worn away enough that the drainage system is
visible in some places and it's possible someone could roll an ankle.

"To allow it to deteriorate so quickly is just embarrassing," said
Mr. Estabrooks, MLA for Timberlea-Prospect.

Mr. Estabrooks said he spent hours on the phone Monday afternoon,
calling a Peggys Cove community organization, Halifax Regional
Municipality and provincial departments of Public Works, Natural
Resources and Tourism trying to find who's responsible for the path's
upkeep.

He said a Public Works official told him a committee of senior
bureaucrats is responsible for the site, but the committee hasn't
held any meetings yet.

Mr. Estabrooks said the runaround irritated him, and he issued a news
release Tuesday calling on the Hamm government to come up with a plan
for maintaining the site.

A Public Works spokesman referred this newspaper's call to a Natural
Resources spokeswoman, who didn't return the call Tuesday afternoon.

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