The Official Moncton, NB Project Thread

[PEI highway guy]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Nope. There is no demolition necessary at Main & Vaughan Harvey. This has already occurred.

Unless you are referring to the Lorentz project. There is one building there that needs to be demolished. This would only delay things by a week or so though.

I meant the Vaughn Hrvey project , I thought mybe a house or two may have had to come downon Atlantic.

The Bend 91.9 news reported a few changes have been made to the Lorentz project. slightly fewer units are planned annd Ashford will put a side walk out front.

[MonctonRad]

The Lorentz development has a new site plan (and new renders). Here is the site plan:



Better than the original IMHO.

[MonctonRad]

le sigh.......

Moncton ranks 3rd in crime rates in Canada for 2021, according to StatsCan data
Report also shows increase in opioid offences and sexual assaults
Prapti Bamaniya · CBC News · Posted: Aug 07, 2022 8:00 AM AT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns...021-according-to-statscan-data-1.6539183

A new report from Statistics Canada reveals Moncton had the third-highest police-reported crime rate in Canada in 2021.

Among metropolitan cities, only Kelowna, B.C., and Lethbridge, Alta., had higher crime rates in 2021, according to the Aug. 2 report.

The rise in reported crime is related to drug offences, low level sexual assault, and property crime/break & enter.

I'm sure the greatest cause for this municipal embarrassment is the drug crisis, and subsequent homelessness and, petty theft to feed drug addiction.

This problem is an embarrassment, and, can no longer be ignored. A multi pronged approach is necessary including better support for addicts so they can reintegrate into society, and, a more concerted effort to provide social housing. At the same time however there should be increased efforts to remove encampments from around the city and to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law the pushers who exploit the drug addicts in the city. Get rid of the pushers and you will get rid of the addicts.

[ChampduLarge]

I moved here permanently from Toronto last year and I was talking to a friend from Toronto who said "you probably never lock your doors" and I helped them out by explaining where crime is high in Canada. I note that Toronto is second-to-last among major Canadian cities in crime rates, something that is not well understood among the general population. (Do not regret my move in any way, but a bit alarmed that Moncton is outpacing Regina and Saskatoon, which his pretty hard to do).

[BlackYear]

Hopefully this is a big wake up call for City Hall. They all ignored the issue for several years, swept everything under the rug, well there you go. Keep doing what you're doing and we'll be #1 next year.

This is not good for anyone. Start the crackdown!

[habs33]

Apple maps will be driving and walking in several N.B. counties between August 08 nd September 30
Apple Maps. Building the best digital map for Canada.

[MonctonDowntown]

Writing to express my great appreciation for all the posts here in the Moncton threads!!

While we are unable to like a post, please know that a lot of people really value the information that all of you share. Special shout out to MonctonRad who really makes the Moncton threads the best in the Atlantic Canada section of The SkyscraperPage. Thank you. I’m on all the threads across the region and even though we are a fraction the size of Halifax, the level of posts exceeds Hfx. Kudos to all.

[caveat.doctor]

Was passing through and just wanted to do a shout out for Resurgo Place, it really is an amazing museum! Especially with the NB Museum being permanently closed, it seems to function as a provincial museum especially for science and transport







For us interested in urban history there is plenty of artifacts of Moncton's local past but the coolest bit was the huge scale map



You walk around with these iPad-equipped walkers and as you pass over targets of interest



you get archival videos and photos, like a literal stroll through history!



Plenty of then and now of course





And a neat art gallery and gift shop too



For those of us who mostly pass through on the train, highway or airport you might not know much of Moncton, but like all transport hubs in human history it’s got all the stories of peoples crossing and mixing and rising together. Most importantly for the kids: trains and rockets!

[MonctonRad]

From Mayor Dawn Arnold's Facebook update of city council decisions:

Enormous City of Moncton council agenda tonight! We began with our consent agenda (with some street closures and noise exemptions for upcoming events) and then had public presentation from the Moncton Squash Club and on Active Transportation, along with our regular Codiac RCMP update.

We then had a public hearing on some housekeeping changes to our municipal plan (specifically moving the secondary plans from the huge document, to provide a bit more ease as we move into a new Municipal Planning process next year — Vision Lands, Sunny Brae Neighbourhood, Humphrey Brook Neighbourhood and the Downtown Core Community Improvement Plans).

Also in planning matters, we had the introduction of two rezonings on Elmwood Drive to extend the municipal service boundary. In each case, Council voted to do this (in contravention of our Municipal Plan). There will be opportunity for your input at an upcoming Public Hearing (public presentation September 6th, Public Hearing October 17th and written views of the Planning Advisory Committee on September 28th).

We then agreed to a land exchange in Grove Hamlet (to provide trail access and easement), a tentative subdivision plan in Jonathan Park that would create more public land, and a tentative subdivision Plan for MID at Shediac/Harrisville approving the following street names: Babineau Blvd East, Aviateurs St., Eddie St and Bisson St.

On Highlandview Road, council agreed to a bonus zoning agreement to provide 10% affordable housing.

From our last Committee of the Whole, Council agreed to issue an RFP for a transportation master plan that would include a Magnetic Hill Transportation Study, Elmwood Drive & McLaughlin Corridor Study, a North End Transportation Plan and a Destination 2040 model update, along with another RFP for the design of Mountain Road from Hildegard to Wheeler. We also approved our traffic impact study guidelines and the animal control by-law.

From our last Private session we agreed to purchase more land in the Turtle Creek watershed and agreed to a lease agreement with Bell Mobility to allow a 22m cell tower in the Magic Mountain parking lot.

In “Reports from Administration” we approved our 2023 Strategic Plan, issued tenders for snow and ice control (18 pieces of equipment), for coliseum electrical upgrades (Ainsworth Inc. = $948,750) and for parking lot snow removal off Main Street (Ayles = $112,526).

We then awarded an RFP for engineering services for the Panacadie Trail (Lewisville/Donald Ave.) and agreed to rename Hamilton Heights Park “Brian Hicks Park”.

[Monctoncore]

Enormous meeting or long, it doesn’t seem like anything exciting came out of this meeting.

This is just frustration speaking because this is the longest in my memory that the city has gone without announcing some new development regarding apartments/condos etc..

[MonctonRad]

One of the two Elmwood Drive projects is enormous - 1000 housing units. See the Moncton East Thread.

[MonctonRad]

Moncton test will see taller building in exchange for units deemed affordable
Agreement would see some rents initially capped at $1,142.50 per month
Shane Magee · CBC News · Posted: Aug 18, 2022 7:00 AM AT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/density-bonusing-moncton-lafford-1.6553525

Moncton is testing a new policy known as density bonusing that allows construction of buildings larger than normally allowed if they include units deemed affordable or having energy efficiency measures.

The option was introduced through a 2017 change to the province's Community Planning Act, but has not previously been implemented in Moncton.

[Feneant]

"Affordable"

[drewber]

Originally Posted by Feneant

"Affordable"

Affordability being based on 30% of your income and looking at a median income as a baseline. I agree 30% of my income is 1125 a month but that doesn't take into account taxes. Take home pay would put me closer to $810 a month to pay rent. That's a huge jump and I feel like I'm making a decent income. It's why a lot of people need two incomes regardless if they're married or not to be able to live right now.

[RoshanMcG]

[MonctonRad]

This info was included in the planning package regarding the Eastgate Village development proposal on Elmwood Drive:

Based on a high growth projection scenario, the city’s population is expected to increase from 2021 to 2046 to approximately 116,200 people.

This represents overall growth of 44% or 35,400 people

Please note that this growth projection is only for the city proper. Assuming similar growth in Dieppe, Riverview and outlying areas, the CMA population in 2046 could be as much as 225,000.

To accommodate this growth, the City will need to add 16,100 new housing units to the market over the next 25 years. This includes a short-term (0-5 year) demand of 4,500 units

When examining the short-term (0-5 year) residential supply stream, staff have identified a development potential of 8,573 new residential units, including:

• 2,594 units approved by the PAC
• 1,056 units currently under construction
• 3,384 units in active subdivision areas
• 1,539 units in pre-application – these are files that are being finalized for future Council/PAC approval

This makes you wonder where the 1,539 units in "pre-application" are to be located. These are units that city planning is aware of, but that have not yet been brought forward to PAC or city council for review or approval. If these units are located downtown, there would be enough units for 4-5 substantial developments (meaning residential high rises). I wonder if the Ashford lands behind Assumption Place figure into this. I'm positive that the plans for this property would be considered as being in the "pre-application" phase.

[acadieman]

Inside Scoop Rogers will be Closing their Moncton Call Center by end of 2022 (80% of the staff were already work from home). Someone who work at the Center Just told me this.Waiting to be announced to the public.

[MonctonRad]

Interesting. If true, not many people would mourn the loss of this building. It is the sort of generic structure one would see in an anonymous suburban office park. It's demise could free up substantial new land for repurposing.

[jonny golden]

Originally Posted by acadieman

Inside Scoop Rogers will be Closing their Moncton Call Center by end of 2022 (80% of the staff were already work from home). Someone who work at the Center Just told me this.Waiting to be announced to the public.

That would be a significant announcement. Their parking lot is huge.

[L'homard]

Pesky ugly Rogers call centre right in the way of where the biggest downtown development project is to take place in downtown's history. I hope Rogers keeps a significant presence in Moncton - or even downtown- but let's face it, if they are leaving that building, the timing could hardly be better.