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Jonathon Naylor Editor Flin Flon City Council is asking for provincial assistance to repair troubled sections of roadway. Council voted last month to make four road segments eligible for funding through the Manitoba Grant-in-Aid program. Asphalt topping for the section of Queen St. ripped up last summer and a resurfaced portion of Sipple Hill are among the hoped-for projects. Also included is an overlay of millings for the gravel road in Channing between Star Auto Body Shop and the Wings Over Kississing air base. Lastly there is the first phase of a project to dig out the soft areas of the gravel road between the rail tracks in Channing and the Creighton Freeway. Those areas will be replaced with sub-base and the road surface will gain new gravel. Preferred Sands, which uses the road to haul sand from its mine along the Hanson Lake Road to Channing, has agreed to help fund that project. Coun. Bill Hanson said the city hopes that project can be funded through a three-way split between Preferred Sands, the city and the province. Making these sections of road eligible for Grant-in-Aid assistance does not guarantee funding will come through. Coun. Hanson said the city typically receives up to $100,000 a year for roadwork through the program. The city hopes to include all four projects in its 2012 budget, but that will largely depend on how much money, if any, the province sets aside.
