Year: 2018

Lancaster/Woodland: The main item on the agenda at Tuesday’s Council meeting for District 5 was my motion to have HRM and the Province cooperate on a design study for the intersection of Lancaster Drive, Woodland […]

Dartmouth Crossing Residential: Before getting into Tuesday’s Council agenda, I wanted to spend a few minutes explaining a debate that we had on Thursday at Harbour East Community Council about residential development in Dartmouth Crossing. […]

Budget: The most important bit of business that Council dealt with on Tuesday was the 2018/2019 budget. HRM’s budget is obviously more complex than a household’s, but some of the basic questions and decisions are […]

A bit behind over the last few month on my council blogging. Catching up in this two-for-one that covers the April 10th and March 27th meetings. Convention Centre: Probably the biggest item in terms of […]

Willow Tree: The first half of Regional Council was all deferred business and included the return of the Willow Tree development at the corner of Quinpool and Robie. The motion on the floor from the […]

Implementing the Integrated Mobility Plan: The day at Regional Council was a big one for transportation, with both the South Park Street protected bike lane and the Gottingen Street bus lane up for consideration. The […]

Budget 2018: For the last few months Council has been working through the 2018/2019 budget process and in our last Budget Committee we got our first look at the whole picture. The municipal budget is complicated […]