The Official Moncton, NB Project Thread

[Nashe]

I'm gonna guess a family addition.

[MonctonRad]

Some colour for the page:

A few pictures taken from the 6th floor of the Moncton Hospital earlier today......

[Philbilly]

If you click this link and then zoom in on moncton you can see every person that lived in the city as a black dot:http://bmander.com/dotmap/index.html

[mylesmalley]

I've spent a lot of time looking at that map. It's a very interesting projection. The dots don't actually represent specific people, but rather an average distribution of people within a census tract, which is usually a couple blocks in urban areas. You can plainly see things like Centennial Park, but also major business areas like the industrial parks, which are completely void of people.

It's also really interesting to see the concentrations. Outside of downtown, it looks like the densest neighbourhood in the city is in the East End between McLaughlan, Elmwood and Grant. It's surprising too that most of suburban Moncton is actually denser than all but the densest parts of downtown Dieppe, but that's something I expect will quickly change by the next census. I'm guessing there will be at least 500 more people living between Champlain and Gauvin within the last two years alone.

[Philbilly]

Originally Posted by mylesmalley

I've spent a lot of time looking at that map. It's a very interesting projection. The dots don't actually represent specific people, but rather an average distribution of people within a census tract, which is usually a couple blocks in urban areas. You can plainly see things like Centennial Park, but also major business areas like the industrial parks, which are completely void of people.

It's also really interesting to see the concentrations. Outside of downtown, it looks like the densest neighbourhood in the city is in the East End between McLaughlan, Elmwood and Grant. It's surprising too that most of suburban Moncton is actually denser than all but the densest parts of downtown Dieppe, but that's something I expect will quickly change by the next census. I'm guessing there will be at least 500 more people living between Champlain and Gauvin within the last two years alone.

I hope the downtown get fill pretty soon ,i am guessing the more population you have in the core better the chance to get the event center we all want

[Philbilly]

Originally Posted by mylesmalley

I've spent a lot of time looking at that map. It's a very interesting projection. The dots don't actually represent specific people, but rather an average distribution of people within a census tract, which is usually a couple blocks in urban areas. You can plainly see things like Centennial Park, but also major business areas like the industrial parks, which are completely void of people.

It's also really interesting to see the concentrations. Outside of downtown, it looks like the densest neighbourhood in the city is in the East End between McLaughlan, Elmwood and Grant. It's surprising too that most of suburban Moncton is actually denser than all but the densest parts of downtown Dieppe, but that's something I expect will quickly change by the next census. I'm guessing there will be at least 500 more people living between Champlain and Gauvin within the last two years alone.

With the new e i change we may get 500 more lol

[Monctoncore]

So Walmart canada plans to announce the distribution centre ad the first maritime stores before the end of this month according to there news page.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by Monctoncore

So Walmart canada plans to announce the distribution centre ad the first maritime stores before the end of this month according to there news page.

We'll hope it's good news for the Scoudouc Industrial Park....

[JasonL-Moncton]

Originally Posted by Monctoncore

So Walmart canada plans to announce the distribution centre ad the first maritime stores before the end of this month according to there news page.

I know that Trinity will become one, I've spoken to several employees that have stated this. They will expand in the direction of Wheeler Blvd. apparently and have a full grocery store. I know it's better to wait for 'official' announcements though.

[MonctonRad]

There was an item on CBC radio this morning (that I only partially heard as I was getting ready for work).

Anyway, apparently enrollment is up more than expected in the Anglophone East school district (which is essentially metro Moncton and southeastern NB) and school crowding is resulting in the prospect of students getting shuffled around between schools next year as boundaries will have to be redrawn. The interviewee stated that they will soon have to request a new anglophone school in greater Moncton......

[mylesmalley]

Much cheaper to bus kids into schools with lower enrolment than to build a new school every time one gets overcrowded.

Are Bessborough, Hillcrest, Sunny Brae, Edith Cavelle, Birchmount, Queen E, and Beaverbrook and the other 'inner city' schools all packed too?

[josh_cat_eyes]

If Walmart expands towards wheeler, that means no more McDonald's drive-thru which could mean a new McDonald's in the trinity area??

[pierremoncton]

There's a new push to get Ottawa to cough up the cash to replace the causeway with a bridge.

RIVERVIEW, N.B. – Former Petitcodiac Riverkeeper Daniel LeBlanc will go before Riverview town council tonight to present his so-called “Renaissance Plan” for the river.

LeBlanc says the ten point strategy is already halfway to completion, but won’t be finished until federal funding comes through for the replacement of a portion of the causeway with a bridge.

He says its been frustrating to see no commitment has been made for the remaining money, but he’s hoping that getting the three local municipalities to support the project will help put more pressure on Ottawa.

“The last chunk is certainly a good economic boost to this region. The money from the federal government is a lot of money, $40 million, and when it comes to the region there will be a lot of spin-offs from it and certainly long-term opportunities.”

A river restoration resolution is on Dieppe’s agenda tonight and is expected to pass.

A similar resolution will come before Moncton City Council next week.

Source: http://www.news919.com/2013/01/28/fo...rview-council/

And there's a French interview on RC (http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/a...runswick.shtml) where LeBlanc states that our MP, Robert Goguen, had previously said he would "work" on this issue if there was unanimous support amongst the municipalities. "Work" in quotes because I have no reason to believe that he has any leverage in Ottawa.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by mylesmalley

Much cheaper to bus kids into schools with lower enrolment than to build a new school every time one gets overcrowded.

Are Bessborough, Hillcrest, Sunny Brae, Edith Cavelle, Birchmount, Queen E, and Beaverbrook and the other 'inner city' schools all packed too?

I appreciate what you're saying Myles, and as a stopgap measure this makes sense. Most people however want to have neighbourhood schools, especially in the k-8 age group and there are benefits to this (encourages walking, less bussing, more community support for the schools etc). If enrollment continues to increase in the future, another school may be necessary.

I am not sure where the problem exists in the metro area. Like I said, I missed a good part of the interview. Northrup Frye School has just opened in the NW end of the city to take the pressure off Evergreen Park School. The new Gunningsville School will open in Riverview in time for this fall. I guess this leaves Moncton East/Dieppe. I remember that there was some kerfuffle the other year about school boundaries over there. Maybe it's time for another anglophone school in Dieppe.....

[JHikka]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

I am not sure where the problem exists in the metro area. Like I said, I missed a good part of the interview. Northrup Frye School has just opened in the NW end of the city to take the pressure off Evergreen Park School. The new Gunningsville School will open in Riverview in time for this fall. I guess this leaves Moncton East/Dieppe. I remember that there was some kerfuffle the other year about school boundaries over there. Maybe it's time for another anglophone school in Dieppe.....

Originally Posted by News 91.9

"Enrollment is up in the Anglophone East school district.

Superintendent Gregg Ingersoll says the Department of Education projected that the number of students would dip for the 2012-2013 school year, but the figures showed just the opposite.

“This year, we were projecting that numbers would go down by around 142 students, as we have been doing the last couple of years, but in fact, we have actually increased by 36 students.”

He says they found the majority of growth in certain regions.

“We’re seeing most of the growth in the North end of Moncton, the Dieppe-Lewsville area, and in Riverview. This year, by grade level, Kindergarten is up from last year. We have 138 more students in Kindergarten than we had last year.”

Ingersoll says this is a good trend for our region, because other school districts are seeing a fairly significant decline each year, so it’s definitely good news for our area."

http://www.news919.com/2013/01/28/an...3-school-year/

So, North Moncton, Lewisville/Dieppe, and Riverview.

As an aside from this, Dieppe-Memramcook has one of the few growing and (possibly) largest minor hockey program in the province. They have more players in their Atom age group (9-10) than most associations have in total.

[mylesmalley]

It's not that I'm against building new schools. If the demand really is there, then that's great. The problem we see though is that a new school goes up and hundreds of families flock to it so their kids can go there...but they all tend to be the same demographic. Unless these families move along with their kids to high school neighborhoods, you end up with neighborhoods with no kids in them anymore with (relatively) new schools in the middle. Ten years from now, Evergreen will be in the same situation as Edith Cavelle. We're doing the same thing with Moncton High, Northrup Frye, the new school on Ryan and Gunningsville.

In a perfect world, people should move in to older neighbourhoods and replace these families. But this policy we have of building new education infrastructure at the fringes of the community only encourage this type of behaviour. The only reason why we aren't seeing this all over the place is because Moncton is the only municipality in the province experiencing this rate of growth.


Some places use their schools in shifts! Have half of the kids in class from 7 to noon, then another half from noon to 5.

[MonctonRad]

According to Greg's link (News 91.9), the kindergarten numbers are up by 138 children over last year on the anglophone side....

I think that's pretty significant!

[David_99]

Moncton councillor seeks federal funds for Petitcodiac bridge

The final phase of the Petitcodiac River restoration project could soon be back before Moncton city council.Coun. Pierre Boudreau says he plans to make a motion at the Feb. 4 meeting to ask the federal government for funding to help replace the causeway with a bridge.

"The federal government has, in my opinion, not only a moral obligation to come forth with funding on this phase three and final phase of the restoration project, but they have a legal obligation to do so as well,” Boudreau said.

The provincial government announced plans for a 280-metre, four-lane bridge in 2007, but said it would need federal funding to proceed.The estimated cost, at that time, was about $68 million. Provincial officials were banking on the federal government picking up 75 per cent of that bill.

Boudreau’s comments come on the heels of a presentation Monday night by the former head of the Petitcodiac Riverkeeper organization.Daniel Leblanc is visiting councils in the greater Moncton area, going over the organization’s renaissance plan. Leblanc says he’s pleased with the preparation work and river monitoring that’s been done to date.

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At least it's nice to see this becoming the topic of conversation again.

[MonctonRad]

If they are waiting for the feds to kick in their share of the cost to remove the causeway (which they should because it was largely a federal move to have the causeway built in the first place), I think they will have to wait until there is a new federal administration in place. Stephen Harper has been singularly unimpressed of the importance of this project.

[JasonL-Moncton]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

If they are waiting for the feds to kick in their share of the cost to remove the causeway (which they should because it was largely a federal move to have the causeway built in the first place), I think they will have to wait until there is a new federal administration in place. Stephen Harper has been singularly unimpressed of the importance of this project.

That and with their utter disregard for nature with the changes to the Navigable Waters acts and unprotecting watersheds nation wide...I'm not holding my breath.

This does need to get accomplished though...the river has made amazing strides in the last couple of years and will leap further forward with the removal of the Causeway and Gates.