The Official Saint John, NB Project Thread

[cdnguys]

Saw it myself - lone guy in boom truck installing siding

[ColSJ]

Originally Posted by cdnguys

Saw it myself - lone guy in boom truck installing siding

McKay builders were the contractors for the project. I wonder what happened.

[ColSJ]

Notice sent out to neighbors for this 68 unit development on Westmoreland Road towards the Kanes Corner intersection. The big red house at 110 Westmoreland would have to come down. They want to begin construction in Spring 2023.

[bridgeoftea]

Originally Posted by ColSJ

Notice sent out to neighbors for this 68 unit development on Westmoreland Road towards the Kanes Corner intersection. The big red house at 110 Westmoreland would have to come down. They want to begin construction in Spring 2023.

Not a place I saw a 68 unit development going. Anyone have any history about the old red house? Or is it just a boring big red house?

[darkharbour]

Originally Posted by bridgeoftea

Not a place I saw a 68 unit development going. Anyone have any history about the old red house? Or is it just a boring big red house?

It makes a ton of sense to me when I think about it. Westmoreland has some of the best transit access in the city and is fairly central to employment, no matter whether we are talking the East Side, Uptown, or the eastern industrial parks. If anything we should be seeing more dense development proposals for the road coming up.

[JHikka]

Originally Posted by darkharbour

It makes a ton of sense to me when I think about it. Westmoreland has some of the best transit access in the city and is fairly central to employment, no matter whether we are talking the East Side, Uptown, or the eastern industrial parks. If anything we should be seeing more dense development proposals for the road coming up.

Absolutely. That whole intersection (Westmorland/Northumberland/Kilburn) would be an interesting spot to see built up and developed into higher density residential.

[adamuptownsj]

I hope they let someone salvage that house- it's extremely cool inside. I don't have pics but I saw some when it was listed.

[cdnguys]

Originally Posted by adamuptownsj

I hope they let someone salvage that house- it's extremely cool inside. I don't have pics but I saw some when it was listed.

Yes it looks like a miniature Versailles inside

[cdnguys]

They have a website. theoneten.ca
People already on social media wanting to save it from demolition

[ColSJ]

12 unit affordable housing development for Boars Head Road. A neighbour sent in a letter opposed to the development claiming it will create a “traffic jam” which I will have to put as one of the dumbest arguments I’ve seen. If 12 units causes a traffic jam I suppose a ring around uptown must take hours.

[ColSJ]

Press conference next Tuesday by AIM on the facility at the port. Would love to see them shut it down and the container business move in.

[bridgeoftea]

Originally Posted by ColSJ

12 unit affordable housing development for Boars Head Road. A neighbour sent in a letter opposed to the development claiming it will create a “traffic jam” which I will have to put as one of the dumbest arguments I’ve seen. If 12 units causes a traffic jam I suppose a ring around uptown must take hours.

I like this design! It's interesting and kind of cool.

[adamuptownsj]

Re: Boars Head, this is one under-utilized lot. According to the PAC agenda there's a lot of site restrictions, but this should fit another dozen units on it in the northwest corner. Cool plan though.

[OliverD]

That lot is big enough for 12 single family homes. LOL @ traffic concerns.

[JakeNB]

Tender opening was yesterday for the public space at Market Slip, Boardwalk and Harbour Passage extension. Bid was $17.5 million as opposed to estimate of $12.6 million. Will be interesting to see what Common Council does with this. Back to the drawing board?

[darkharbour]

Originally Posted by JakeNB

Tender opening was yesterday for the public space at Market Slip, Boardwalk and Harbour Passage extension. Bid was $17.5 million as opposed to estimate of $12.6 million. Will be interesting to see what Common Council does with this. Back to the drawing board?

They already tore it up, they pretty much have to accept the bid IMO, the alternative would not look good for the city. Maybe they can recoup some costs with a few material changes and delete a feature or two, but I would imagine they’ll just move foreword with it.

[ColSJ]

Originally Posted by darkharbour

They already tore it up, they pretty much have to accept the bid IMO, the alternative would not look good for the city. Maybe they can recoup some costs with a few material changes and delete a feature or two, but I would imagine they’ll just move foreword with it.

I don’t understand why they would proceed with the steps. They’ve acknowledged they will become a safety issue and when the first person gets injured down there a plan will have to put in place to prevent another one. Great way to cut down on costs will be to revamp that idea.

[cdnguys]

Originally Posted by ColSJ

I don’t understand why they would proceed with the steps. They’ve acknowledged they will become a safety issue and when the first person gets injured down there a plan will have to put in place to prevent another one. Great way to cut down on costs will be to revamp that idea.

I think this safety issue is overblown IMO. Lots of misinformation out there how Halifax is having trouble with their steps. Has nothing to do with seaweed, rather dumbasses jumping into the harbour for Instagram fodder with no lifeguard. The city is full of rocks people climb over and about, including Tin Can Beach. It just feels like people want to complain about EVERYTHING despite the well advertised opportunity to provide feedback on the design. We can’t be a “nanny state” and coddle people who feel someone may be injured. I guarantee escalators are 20x more dangerous. The only feedback I think is worth listening to with the steps is to make sure it’s safely accessible for those with mobility challenges.

I have to bite my tongue big time on social media. People actually complaining about Queen Sq project because “we will lose our heritage” despite it being ugly parking lots.

[ColSJ]

Originally Posted by cdnguys

I think this safety issue is overblown IMO. Lots of misinformation out there how Halifax is having trouble with their steps. Has nothing to do with seaweed, rather dumbasses jumping into the harbour for Instagram fodder with no lifeguard. The city is full of rocks people climb over and about, including Tin Can Beach. It just feels like people want to complain about EVERYTHING despite the well advertised opportunity to provide feedback on the design. We can’t be a “nanny state” and coddle people who feel someone may be injured. I guarantee escalators are 20x more dangerous. The only feedback I think is worth listening to with the steps is to make sure it’s safely accessible for those with mobility challenges.

I have to bite my tongue big time on social media. People actually complaining about Queen Sq project because “we will lose our heritage” despite it being ugly parking lots.

I’m not complaining at all, I want those steps in there just as much as you do because I think they look nice. The reality is rock, water and seaweed make for a very slippery surface and is only going to take one not so smart individual to ruin for the rest of us. I encourage them to build them but when they get closed off from the public I won’t be surprised. At least they will look nice. That’s my point.

[UptownJeff]

Originally Posted by darkharbour

They already tore it up, they pretty much have to accept the bid IMO, the alternative would not look good for the city. Maybe they can recoup some costs with a few material changes and delete a feature or two, but I would imagine they’ll just move foreword with it.

I suspect any changes would have to go back to council but I do hope that for the sake of a few million they don’t cut it back too much. I believe it was 12.6 with an additional amount for a buffer. This is far too important for Saint John to “cheap out” now. I will be lobbying my councillors.