Rural Atlantic Canadian Development Thread

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I think its about time the lesser populated areas (outside of HRM, Moncton, Saint John, CBRM, St. John's, Fredericton and Corner Brook) of Atlantic Canada have a place for any developments they get.

Some articles from this week:

Four new schools to open this fall

By KRISTEN LIPSCOMBE Education Reporter
Tue. Jul 29 - 4:31 AM

Parents, be at peace.

The province’s four newest public schools are set to swing open their doors to students this school year as planned, the Education Department says.

Both Musquodoboit Rural High School in Middle Musquodoboit and Harmony Heights Elementary School in Salmon River will begin classes this September.

Construction of Truro Elementary School and Winding River Consolidated School in Stewiacke will be completed this fall but opening dates haven’t been set yet, department spokeswoman Nancy Watson said in a recent interview.

She said it’s up to the Chignecto-Central regional school board to decide when the latter two schools will be ready for students. Harmony Heights, Truro Elementary and Winding River Consolidated, also an elementary, are all in the Chignecto-Central region, while Musquodoboit Rural High falls under the jurisdiction of the Halifax regional school board.

"Harmony Heights seems to be on schedule and, to the best of our knowledge, it appears that we will be welcoming students at the beginning of the school year in September," Herb Steeves, director of operational services for the Chignecto-Central board, said late last week.

He added work won’t be done on Truro Elementary and Winding River Consolidated until "late in the fall," which means children likely won’t get into new classrooms until January.

"It’s easier for us to move over the holiday period when the kids aren’t in school, because we still have to take stuff out of the old schools," Mr. Steeves said.

Technically, he said, none of the new schools belong to the Chignecto-Central board because they haven’t yet been turned over by the provincial Infrastructure Renewal Department, which is responsible for building the schools.

Although two of the three new schools in the Chignecto-Central region won’t be ready until halfway through the school year, Mr. Steeves said they’re not behind schedule. In fact, according to the Education Department’s construction list, they’re right on schedule.

A fourth Chignecto-Central school, in Oxford, is scheduled for completion in September 2009 if all goes as planned, Mr. Steeves said. That school will accommodate students from Primary through Grade 12.

The Cape Breton-Victoria regional school board is supposed to get its new Northside Elementary School in North Sydney by September 2009, while French-language board Conseil scolaire acadien provincial should see its new Ecole Secondaire de Halifax by December 2009. Six other schools across the province are scheduled for completion in 2010 or 2011.

These 13 new schools all received cash this year as part of the province’s $44-million school construction commitment in the spring budget

Source: Chronicle Herald

Terrain Group to develop Pictou subdivision

A firm has been chosen to develop Pictou County’s largest subdivision. Terrain Group, with offices in Dartmouth, Moncton, Saint John and Edmonton, has a reputation for being a leader in environmentally conscious subdivision design, says developer Jim Fitt.


Plans to build the 175-lot subdivision were announced in June. It will be located off Park Road, across the street from Trenton Park.


Fitt’s vision for the new subdivision involves technologies that have never been used in Pictou County. Among other innovations, the subdivision will have green corridors meant to provide residential privacy and each home will be built with solar capabilities.

Source: Metro News