City Council Highlights for April 29th Meeting
Traffic calming measures will be put in place to keep Howard Street open on the Howard Street Reconstruction project.
At the Special Council Meeting on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025, City Council voted unanimously to go with Option 2 to leave Howard Street open to traffic with traffic calming measures. Those measures include:
Reducing the road width from 8.0m to 7.0m
Add three raised sidewalks between Stanley Street and Henderson Street
Reduce the speed from 50 km/hr to 30 km/hr
Add two speed reduction warning signs
Add pedestrian crossing signals for the crosswalk at the proposed parking area
The decision is a part of the Howard Street Reconstruction project that is expected to be completed this year. The Engineering Department proposed closing a section of the street to improve public safety within the Ian Baillie Recreation Hub. An open house was held to present the options and hear from the community.
The estimated cost for the reconstruction project is $1,262,000.
Patching program tender awarded
City Council approved a motion to award Tender 25-019 for the Municipal Patching Program to Vye Construction and Paving Ltd., at a cost of $325/tonne for hand Iaid material HST included, $245/tonne for machine laid material. Night repairs if required on the King George Highway Hand laid at a cost of $350/tonne, and machine laid at a cost of $300/tonne.
The work includes patching of city streets and minor overlay repairs of asphalt roadways throughout the City. The municipality generally utilizes an equal amount of hand laid, and machine laid asphalt for repairs.
Materials and Equipment tender awarded
City Council approved a motion to award Tender 25-025 for Materials and Equipment for Public Works Department. These are regular operational items that are tendered annually. The tender is to supply of materials for the departments use throughout the year for summer and winter maintenance, It also includes the rental rates for equipment to be used as required for summer maintenance and does not to include snow removal.
Description Award to Price
250 cu. yd 40 mm crushed gravel North Shore Construction $5,937.50
300 cu. yd 3/4 screened stone North Shore Construction $7,500
2000 cu. yd winter sand North Shore Construction $37,500
Excavator with 20-22 foot boom Goodfellows Trucking $125/hr
Excavator Brush Cutter Mulching Head Delway Enterprise $144/hr
Small Crawler Tractor Vyes Constuction $105/hr
Appointments to External Boards, Commissions and Internal Committees
City Council approved a series of motions to appoint the mayor and councillors to external boards, commissions and internal committees. They appointments are as follows:
Miramichi Regional Multicultura! Association - Councillor Guy Richad
Beaverbrook House- Councillor Peggy Doyle
W.S. Loggie House - Councillor Peggy Doyle
Miramichi Transit Commission - Mayor Adam Lordon
Council’s Standing Committees:
Public Safety and Environment Committee
Mayor Adam Lordon
Councillor Brian King - Chair
Councillor Peggy Doyle - Vice-Chair
Councillor Veronique Arsenault
Councillor Guy Richard
Social and Economic Development Standing Committee
Mayor Adam Lordon
Councillor Ryan Somer - Chair
Councillor Guy Richard - Vice-Chair
Deputy Mayor Paddy Quinn
Councillor Chad Duplessie
Corporate Services & Planning Standing Committee
Mayor Adam Lordon
Councillor Veronique Arsenault - Chair
Councillor Jason Harris - Vice-Chair
Councillor Ryan Somers
Councillor Peggy Doyle
Community Services Standing Committee
Mayor Adam Lordon
Councillor Chad Duplessie - Chair
Deputy Mayor Paddy Quinn - Vice-Chair
Councillor Jason Harris
Councillor Brian King
At a Council in Committee Meeting following the Special Council Meeting, City Council approved a motion to allow staff to begin the process of amending the Municipal Plan and Zoning by-law to review various changes required under the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF). They include permitting a minimum of four residential units "as a right" in serviced areas (water and sewerage services) and allowing multi-unit residential development with the Regional Commercial (RD) zone.