A powerful crane is being moved into position to salvage a partially sunken barge at Picton Terminals in Picton Bay.(Photo/Friend of Quinte News).
No more gravel is being loaded onto ships and barges from Picton Terminals, at least for the time being.
Thursday, Prince Edward County Mayor Robert Quaiff said everyone involved, including the owners of the small industrial port on Picton Bay, thought it would be a good idea to stop the loading of gravel, at least while officials deal with the recent fuel spill now threatening the Picton/Bloomfield water supply.
The gravel is loaded onto ships and brought to a big wind turbine project on Amherst Island in the Kingston region.
Heavy cranes are now at Picton Terminals and being prepared to haul the partially sunken barge out of the water, and extra shipping traffic at this time is seen as a nuisance.
