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April
30,
2002
A
group
opposed
to
a
new
bridge
over
the
Seine
River
in
Winnipeg
is
stepping
up
its
campaign.
Save
Our
Seine
has
been
lobbying
City
Hall
for
more
than
a
year.
On
Monday,
the
group
took
its
fight
to
the
legislature,
warning
that
the
proposed
bridge
would
destroy
a
precious
wildlife
habitat.
S.O.S.
vice
president
Marcel
Ritchot
can
barely
catalogue
the
variety
of
flora
and
fauna
in
the
Seine
River:
20
species
of
mammals,
180
different
plants,
more
than
100
types
of
birds,
plus
fish
and
turtles.
Ritchot
wishes
everyone
could
take
a
canoe
trip
and
see
what
he
sees:
"Visually,
it's
just
like
travelling
in
a
green
tunnel.
All
the
while
you're
doing
this,
you're
hearing
the
sound
of
the
birds
and
watching
the
animals.
It
does
something
for
the
soul
and
the
spirit
of
the
people."
However,
Save
Our
Seine
says
that
pastoral
vision
is
threatened.
Local
developer
Ladco
is
developing
a
housing
subdivision
on
the
east
side
of
the
river.
The
developer
has
started
to
clear
the
land
for
a
bridge
right
through
the
middle
of
a
proposed
riverbank
park
-
even
though
the
City
has
plans
to
build
a
bridge
at
Warde
Avenue,
just
a
few
hundred
metres
away.
Jules
Legal,
president
of
Save
Our
Seine,
says
politicians
have
told
him
they
want
a
first-class
park.
"A
first-class
park
does
not
have
a
roadway
going
through
it,
does
not
have
a
bridge
going
through
it,
does
not
destroy
a
fairly
large
section
of
the
river
that
would
have
to
be
totally
altered
in
order
to
build
this
bridge,"
he
says.
The
NDP
MLAs
who
met
with
Save
Our
Seine
on
Monday
told
the
group
they
were
concerned,
but
made
no
commitments.
Ladco
officials
were
not
available
for
comment.
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