UARB opens hearings on new HRM boundaries
Posted Nov 7, 2011 05:38:25 AM.
This article is more than 5 years old.
The Utility and Review Board begins hearings today on HRM’s newly redrawn district boundaries.
The municipality is complying with an order by the UARB to cut the number of districts from 23 to 16.
A new boundary map must be created before the next municipal election in the fall of 2012.
Since the board’s ruling in July, there have been several public sessions and surveys, and council voted last month to submit the first of two proposals to the board.
The hearing starts at 9 a.m. with testimony from witnesses and experts, and a public hearing begins at 7 p.m.
There are 36 people expected to speak, including nine councillors – but not Mayor Peter Kelly.
Kelly tells Metro Halifax the job is up to the board, and he’s looking forward to hearing from the other public members.