Slide presentation and update on Northumberland crossing project

Audio file
Contributors
Date Recorded
1987
Date Digitized
2023
Genre
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Physical Location
Original cassette held by UPEI Archives and Special Collections
Duration
01:00:30
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
00:00 Introduction; discussion of crossing from PEI to mainland Canada

02:00 Discussion of the viewpoint of Islanders on a fixed link

02:30 Beginning of lecture by Donna Achimov

03:30 Discussion of the history of proposals for a fixed link

06:00 Discussion of Sir Douglas Fox, architect involved with early proposals for a fixed link

07:00 Discussion of financial costs associated with proposed fixed links

08:00 Discussion of possible ramifications from building a fixed link

09:00 Discussion of benefits from a fixed link; potential impacts on environment

10:00 Discussion of employment related to construction of a fixed link

11:00 Discussion of impacts on employment in Borden

13:00 Discussion of politics surrounding the fixed link

14:00 Question regarding the nature of the presentation; discussion of referendum surrounding the fixed link

16:00 Question regarding the ownership of the fixed link

17:00 Question regarding the land the fixed link would be built on; question regarding the mechanism of the fixed link

19:00 Question regarding the Chunnel, relation to the fixed link

20:00 Question regarding job creation

21:00 Question regarding the feasibility studies done prior to construction of the fixed link; further question of the mechanism of the fixed link

23:00 Question regarding the necessity of a fixed link

24:00 Further question regarding the feasibility studies; potential for earthquakes, sabotage

29:00 Discussion of risks posed by either a tunnel or a bridge

30:00 Discussion of risks posed by wind

31:00 Question regarding Wood Islands ferry

33:00 Question regarding maintenance

34:00 Question regarding impacts of the fixed link

35:00 Question regarding other presentations given; public perception of a fixed link

37:00 Question regarding environmental studies

39:00 Question regarding companies attached to construction

40:00 Question regarding other bridges; question regarding impact on land value

41:00 Question regarding impact on way of life for Islanders

44:00 Question regarding cost of living

45:00 Question regarding the nature of construction

47:00 Question regarding environmental impact from construction

49:00 Question regarding New Bunswick and Nova Scotia

50:00 Further question regarding feasibility

51:00 Comment that change might not be desirable for Islanders

54:00 Discussion of lobster fishing

55:00 Further question regarding way of life in PEI

58:00 Question regarding construction of similar bridges, impact of

01:00:00 Further discussion of way of life in PEI