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The Town of Bracebridge is looking into the feasibility of buying the Bracebridge Post Office at 98 Manitoba Street. The move would allow the Bracebridge Public Library, located beside the post office, to expand into it or be relocated into it. The old Post Office has already been declared surplus by the Government. The Town could hire an architectural firm for $16,500, plus a $3,500 contingency amount, to investigate the building. Bracebridge CAO John Sisson says asbestos has been identified in the building, so work to fix that would need to be done. The Town has until October to make its purchase intentions known.

McMurray Street's traffic problems could be about to get worse. Bracebridge Councillor Lori-Lynn Giaschi-Paccini says she's heard lots of complaints about traffic on the street near Bracebridge Public School. Problems include parking in front of and in driveways, double parking and kids almost getting hit by cars. With condos going in at the old Bracebridge High School down the street, she says traffic there will only get worse. A new review will look at making the street one way in a northerly direction, but Councillor Barb McMurray says that idea's been shot down by residents in the past.