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Road Commission discusses King’s Highway resurfacing and French’s Bay access, 1988

Also 1988 Beaver Island Road Commission meeting · French Bay road endangered species

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TypeEvent
Date1988-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1988-10
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Meeting
Where
Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

An October 1988 Road Commission report described proposed staged resurfacing of King’s Highway and a pause in French’s Bay road work after endangered species were found in the road corridor.

Evidence limits

The report records planning and a temporary work stoppage, not final engineering, road completion, or a formal habitat decision.

Sources

  1. Reports planned staged resurfacing of 25,000 feet of King's Highway, a possible 1989 start and 1990 triple seal, ditching/crowning work, and a pause on French's Bay road work after endangered species were identified; the Commission awaited island opinion on retaining foot access. 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 · 1988-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eighteen-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the Road Commission report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Road Commission discusses King’s Highway resurfacing and French’s Bay access, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-road-commission-kings-highway-frenchs-bay-1988/, accessed [date], citing Road Commission meeting, Beaver Beacon, November 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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