The estimated cost of a new Codiac Regional RCMP station in Moncton has risen to $57 million, sources have told CBC News. The latest estimate is nearly 24 per cent higher than the last public price of $46 million.
Moncton, NB, Canada / 91.9 The Bend
May 4, 2021 6:38 AM
It required over an hour and a half of presentations, questions and comments, but Monctonians can now place a garden in their front yards.
Moncton City Council adopted the proposed amendments to By-law # Z-220.8 that expand the definition of landscaping to include the following: “lawns and gardens, which may include ornamental plants, edible plants, herbs, plants which produce fruits or vegetables, planting beds, garden boxes or containers, trellises, archways.”
City staff presented the research that studied other municipalities to determine how Moncton could proceed. It was the second time in less than a month that a presentation on the matter was given to council.
Courtesy Codiac Regional Policing Authority
A presentation made to Moncton City Council suggests that a new RCMP facility won’t open until 2024, rather than the expected 2023 opening.
The original schedule planned for a construction tender to be issued this spring, with ground being broke by July. However, with designs and documents only being finished recently, Elaine Aucoin, Director of Environmental Planning and Management, says starting by the summer is not realistic, “we feel that we don’t have sufficient time to do a proper tender and start construction this summer.”
Instead, a new timeline will see a call for tender occur in November, with the contract awarded in January 2022 and the start of construction in the following spring.
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