McAdam New Brunswick - McAdam is asking the federal and provincial governments to pitch in to fix the roof of the McAdam Railway Station that was damaged during a storm in March.
 
Frank Carroll, a former mayor of the southwestern village, said the roof on the heritage building was damaged during a powerful winter storm.
 
"The storm lasted several days and the southside of the building, the south roof has been tremendously impacted," he said.
 
"We lost hundreds and hundreds of shingles off it. There's a fair bit of damage and it has got to be corrected immediately."
 
Carroll said the village is also raising money to cover the nearly $400,000 in repairs through donations on its website and at the station.
 
He said the village is hoping to install a metal roof, to prevent the same damage happening again.
 
"When we did this roof 20 years ago, when we first got this building from Canadian Pacific Railway to do this job, and to restore it and preserve it, we only could afford the shingle roofing at that time," he said.
 
"Now we're hoping to generate the funds to have the metal roofing so that will be a much more permanent, 50 plus years intervention."
 
The station was restored about 20 years ago and is now a national and provincial heritage site.
 
"This building is fundamental to the history of Canada," Carroll said.
 
"It has so much railway history here and it's also important to the community, we have so many visitors that come to visit here so the business climate of the community is certainly benefiting. We need to keep this important place with the role it plays."
 
Lauren Bird.