At the Feb 24 Regional Council meeting, Councillor White put forward a motion on development fees (link here), asking for the CAO to engage with the province to consider raising development charges. Development charges are one-time fees collected by municipalities from developers to fund the initial capital costs of essential services like roads, water systems, parks, fire services - infrastructure required to support new growth and services for a community.
For many residents in our region, "public transit" is something they see in the urban core but can’t actually use. Currently, over 1,000 square kilometers of the Halifax Regional Municipality currently sits outside the reach of conventional bus routes. Historically, this is because transit priority has been attached to the urban service boundary (where there is sewer and water service), where Rural Transit Providers (like BayRides) offer door-to-door transit services in their associated catchment area.
On November 18, Regional Council was presented the 2025 Road Safety Report (here) - a comprehensive look at how our municipality is performing on road safety, where we’re seeing progress, and where urgent work remains.
