TO the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
WHEREAS, Resolute Forest Products (RFP) has chosen to close the Resolute Trestle Bridge in Iroquois Falls. WHEREAS, they have left the bridge in a state of severe disrepair due to non-maintenance since taking ownership in 2010. Whereas, the citizens of Iroquois Falls, and Northeastern Ontario have traditionally used the Resolute trestle bridge since 1954, and have had public access to Crown Land and water via the bridge. WHEREAS, there is an onus upon the company to maintain the bridges structural integrity for public safety and social responsibility as a corporate citizen. WHEREAS, the citizens of this community, and area, helped build this company and community, since 1913, & feel abandoned by this new emergence company RFP. WHEREAS, this bridge serves as a multi-user crossing for recreational, safety and economic etc. uses. WHEREAS, emergency services such as Fire, OPP, Ambulance, etc. will be severely compromised, delayed, yet needed. WHEREAS, the discontinuation of bridge service usage will devastate the real estate value of the recreational cottaging, and community housing, and accessibility to crown land will be eliminated for any future crown land economic development opportunities. Therefore;
WE the undersigned petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:
Recommend that the Ontario Provincial Legislature get immediately involved and advise Resolute Forest Products that they have a social and corporate responsibility to maintain year round access to crown land. Since they have been collecting user fees, from subcontractors, for the past four years and haven’t used any of it for maintenance, that they reinvest the collected funds back into structural maintenance of the bridge in order to have it reopened to all, year round. If RFP choose not to reopen the bridge, that the Provincial Government will add additional fees to RFP crown permits in order to recoup the denied maintenance funds to maintain open access to crown land using the Resolute Trestle Bridge as a crossing point.
Updates
August 9, 2014
We just hit 500 signatures on the bridge petition. Post this link on your Facebook feed right now and send an email to your local representative demanding they hold Resolute Forest Products accountable.
Reached 500 supporters
August 7, 2014
August 6, 2014
We hit our first major milestone today and the pressure on Resolute Forest Products is mounting. Post the link to your Facebook page immediately and call your local member of provincial parliament to demand they intervene. Send this to three friends who rely on that bridge for access to Crown land.
Reached 100 supporters
August 6, 2014
10 Comments
alot of people use that crossing for work and fishing. dont close it
Lived here my whole life and that bridge is part of our town. fix it.
I'm not in IF anymore but these are my roots, The Trestle Bridge is a necessity to the community.
RESOLUTE NEEDS TO STEP UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ONCE
ridiculous that they can just shut it down like that without thinking about the people here
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Resolute are responsible for repair ing of this bridge
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TO the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
WHEREAS, Resolute Forest Products (RFP) has chosen to close the Resolute Trestle Bridge in Iroquois Falls. WHEREAS, they have left the bridge in a state of severe disrepair due to non-maintenance since taking ownership in 2010. Whereas, the citizens of Iroquois Falls, and Northeastern Ontario have traditionally used the Resolute trestle bridge since 1954, and have had public access to Crown Land and water via the bridge. WHEREAS, there is an onus upon the company to maintain the bridges structural integrity for public safety and social responsibility as a corporate citizen. WHEREAS, the citizens of this community, and area, helped build this company and community, since 1913, & feel abandoned by this new emergence company RFP. WHEREAS, this bridge serves as a multi-user crossing for recreational, safety and economic etc. uses. WHEREAS, emergency services such as Fire, OPP, Ambulance, etc. will be severely compromised, delayed, yet needed. WHEREAS, the discontinuation of bridge service usage will devastate the real estate value of the recreational cottaging, and community housing, and accessibility to crown land will be eliminated for any future crown land economic development opportunities. Therefore;
WE the undersigned petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:
Recommend that the Ontario Provincial Legislature get immediately involved and advise Resolute Forest Products that they have a social and corporate responsibility to maintain year round access to crown land. Since they have been collecting user fees, from subcontractors, for the past four years and haven’t used any of it for maintenance, that they reinvest the collected funds back into structural maintenance of the bridge in order to have it reopened to all, year round. If RFP choose not to reopen the bridge, that the Provincial Government will add additional fees to RFP crown permits in order to recoup the denied maintenance funds to maintain open access to crown land using the Resolute Trestle Bridge as a crossing point.
Updates
August 9, 2014
We just hit 500 signatures on the bridge petition. Post this link on your Facebook feed right now and send an email to your local representative demanding they hold Resolute Forest Products accountable.
Reached 500 supporters
August 7, 2014
August 6, 2014
We hit our first major milestone today and the pressure on Resolute Forest Products is mounting. Post the link to your Facebook page immediately and call your local member of provincial parliament to demand they intervene. Send this to three friends who rely on that bridge for access to Crown land.
Reached 100 supporters
August 6, 2014
10 Comments
Keep the bridge open! We need access to the lake for the summer
alot of people use that crossing for work and fishing. dont close it
Lived here my whole life and that bridge is part of our town. fix it.
I'm not in IF anymore but these are my roots, The Trestle Bridge is a necessity to the community.
RESOLUTE NEEDS TO STEP UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ONCE
ridiculous that they can just shut it down like that without thinking about the people here
United States
Resolute are responsible for repair ing of this bridge
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Keep the bridge open! We need access to the lake for the summer