From the Daily Graphic

Crescent Lake causeway nearly useless? — I think not!

I am the owner of a fleet of trucks, have my Class 1A licence and have been around trucks and heavy equipment for more than 20 years. I do not think it is useless! We have already travelled across the causeway many times with many various lengths of tractor-trailers. We have no problem getting on and off!

We must remember this is not the Trans-Canada Highway with thousands of trucks crossing everyday; it is temporary. I agree at the south end if you have to turn east or are coming from the east, to cross back you have to make a “S”-type turn, which is not perfect, but it is makeable as we have taken this corner with a lowbed that would be comparable to a 48-foot reefer van.

As for Rick Graham’s comment of taking up the whole street to make a right-hand turn, he must only drive his truck and make left turns. My experience with trucks to make a right-hand turn there are plenty of times when you have to take your tractor to the far lane or across the road to make the turn so you don’t run over the corner. When my driver pulls our longest lowbed, he has to do that every turn! To me that comment is a non-issue and doesn’t hold water.

Over the years, we have built many approaches/crossing for our trucks for various job sites and we have learned the wider you make it the shorter they will turn, and then they end up dragging the trailer tires over the edge anyways! Again, the turns are very makeable for most trucks.

Tired of “all” the negativity in this city,

Mark Moon

Portage la Prairie