By Mark Squibb/March 24, 2022
Witless Bay councillor and chairman of the local ATV Association Jacob Hayden says he’s excited about a $5,000 grant courtesy of the MMSB Come Home Year Community Cleanup Project Fund.
Hayden said the money will be used to clean up a few problem areas around town.
“I was ecstatic to get the e-mail from them, approving the application for the full cost of the clean-up,” said Hayden during the March 8 council meeting. “This $5,000 will go a long way in doing some definitely needed clean ups in our area and improving the general ambience of our town. There is an area in our town, that I’m sure some residents are more than familiar with, on the old track, and it’s been used as a garbage dump for well over 50 years. Myself and Mayor (Trevor) Croft hauled a car out of there that was from the 1940’s, so there’s been trash there for years upon years upon years, and this money will go a long way in rectifying that.”
Hayden said the Town will put the work to tender, and that work can begin following the first of April.
