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The fight to save Tucker Park is heating up on social media.

Mayor Don Darling has gone on the record as saying he won’t support privatization of the park’s public beach, but he won’t rule out developing other areas of the north end park as well as part of Rockwood Park to generate more revenue for the city.

A report on potential Tucker Park development opportunities is in November and one on Rockwood Park in August.

Area residents and park users are mobilizing and growing in numbers on social media as well to lobby civic politicians in support of preserving city parklands. They made it clear they mean every acre of the existing park should remain untouched.

Residents who use the Hammond River No. 2 covered bridge in Quispamsis want the government to save it.

Transportation Minister Bill Fraser told a packed public meeting earlier this week the century old bridge suffers from a lot of wood rot and may have to be torn down.

Some say sure…but other residents say there aren’t many covered bridges left in the province and it would be a shame to lose it.

The government is considering two options…building another bridge beside the present one which would take longer…or tear down the current bridge and put a new one on the present pilings which could be done sooner.