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Beaver Island awaits King’s Highway paving grant decision, 1991

Also 1991 Beaver Island King’s Highway road grant

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TypeEvent
Dates1991-09 – 1992-02-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1991-09 – 1992-02-01
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Beaver Island
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Summary

The September 1991 Beaver Beacon reported that King’s Highway reconstruction remained incomplete and that a second $400,000 paving-grant application was awaiting a February 1992 decision.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper road and grant-status account, not a grant award, contract, engineering inspection, or completed paving record.

Sources

  1. Explains that the original F.A.S. reconstruction grant did not include paving, describes incomplete gravel and culvert work, a $400,000 paving application with a February 1, 1992 decision, and a disputed temporary seal-coat proposal. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1991-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eighteen-page issue scan confirms the road report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1991-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island awaits King’s Highway paving grant decision, 1991”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-kings-highway-road-grant-1991/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1991, “WHAT’S UP WITH THE ROAD.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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