Sask. town residents raise concerns over new downtown street layout [Video]

A group of Coronach residents is raising concerns about recent changes the town has made to the layout of some of its downtown streets.

Longtime resident Valerie Rousseau loved the way the streets of her hometown has looked for nearly 100 years.

“Centre Street is the heart of our community,” she told CTV News. “There was nothing wrong with the way the street was before and it makes absolutely no sense what they’ve done to our town,” she said.

“They’ve ruined it.”

In 2020, the Town of Coronach received a federal government grant to pay for the replacement of aging water and sewer pipes below five town streets.

Knowing major construction was going to take place, the Coronach council decided to use the opportunity to revitalize the downtown core in the process.

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