(SUDBURY / ESPANOLA, ON)-Sudbury Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) advised the public that as of 16 September 2013 they will be doing escorts for the wind turbines heading to Manitoulin Island.
The escorts begin on Regional Road #35 at the Millman Yard (Day Construction); then south west on Highway 144 bypass, west onto Highway 17, then south onto Highway 6. The escorts will go over the swing bridge into Little Current to the McLean Mountain sites.
There are four (4) escorts per day escorted by the Ontario Provincial Police. There are between eight to ten loads actually being completed. The escort start at sunrise with the last load leaving around noon. Therefore there will be loads on the highways all day up until just before the five o’clock rush.
These loads run Monday thru Thursday. One exception was granted for the weekend of September 20-21-22 where escorts have been permitted. They will not be running on Thanksgiving Monday.