If you are boating in the Goose Creek area, near the Churchill River Road bridge crossing, be aware that that there is work being done on bridge repairs and placement of rip rap on the shorelines.
For your safety, please be cautious when approaching and/or passing that section of the waterways near Goose Creek.
As required by Transport Canada, below is the federal notification in full:
Canadian Navigable Waters Act
Model Public Notice
Manitoba Hydro hereby gives notice that an application has been made to the Minister of Transport, pursuant to the Canadian Navigable Waters Act for approval of the work described herein and its site and plans.
Pursuant to paragraph 7(2) of the said Act, has deposited with the Minister of Transport, on the on-line Common Project Search Registry (http://cps.canada.ca/) and under registry number 10919, or, under the NPP File Number 2009-600241 a description of the following work, its site and plans:
- Causeway
- Bridge repairs and placement of rip rap on the shorelines at the Churchill River Road bridge crossing of Goose Creek.
Comments regarding the effect of this work on marine navigation can be sent through the Common Project Search site mentioned above under the Comment section (search by the above referenced number) or if you do not have access to the internet, by sending your comments directly to:
Navigation Protection Program – Transport Canada
344 Edmonton Street
Winnipeg, MB
R3C 0P6
Transport Canada (TC) will not make your comments on a project available to the public on the online public registry. However, any information related to a work is considered as unclassified public record and could be accessible upon legal request. As such, the information and records provided should not contain confidential or sensitive information. If you want to provide confidential or sensitive information that you think should not be made public, please contact TC before submitting it.
However, comments will be considered only if they are in writing (electronic means preferable) and are received not later than 30 days after the publication of the last notice. Although all comments conforming to the above will be considered, no individual response will be sent.