The comments come after The Laker News asked about concerns voiced by residents regarding seeing the pavement cracking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Photos of the bridge, which was just installed and opened last fall, have been posted on X formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They show a crack starting and some uneven parts as one would travel over it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”67″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”111″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”218″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Toby Koffman, a spokesperson with Public Works, said the department is keeping an eye on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He told The Laker News the existing asphalt was paved temporarily last fall so the bridge could open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c At the time, a waterproofing epoxy was not available due to supply chain issues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA debonding agent was used ahead of the initial paving to make it easier to remove when the waterproofing epoxy coating is applied.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”190″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”92″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Koffman said the province did expect the issue to come about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs a result, some cracking was anticipated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe plan to repave it in late August once the waterproofing arrives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said residents will be advised when this happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA traffic notice will be sent out before work begins,\u201d Koffman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”2″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”188″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”115″] [adrotate banner=”78″] LANTZ: The condition of Hyde\u2019s Bridge is being monitored closely, a spokesperson for the Department of Public Works said. The comments come after The Laker News asked about concerns voiced by residents regarding seeing the pavement cracking. Photos of the bridge, which was just installed and opened last fall, have been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,12],"tags":[196,986,1122,595,7129,46,2669,3727],"class_list":["post-47328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-featured","tag-east-hants","tag-elmsdale","tag-hydes-bridge","tag-lantz","tag-pavement-deteriorating","tag-paving","tag-public-works","tag-roadwork"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GTNGUBYWgAAzkEP-1024x768.jpeg\")