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BRUSH PICK-UP IN PROGRESS
The pick-up of Hurricane Juan brush
debris within the Quarantined Brown Spruce Long-horn
Beetle zone should now be underway. The following
communities will have the opportunity of having
their brush picked up once again: Lake Echo &
Mineville (west of the waterline), East Preston,
North Preston, Lawrencetown, Little Salmon River,
Ross Road, Westphal, Lake Major, Cherry Brook, Lake
Loon, Montague Mines, Spider Lake, Cole Harbour (
east of Bissett Lake & south of the old Railway
corridor), Cow Bay and Eastern Passage ( east of
Caldwell Rd).
With the magnitude of debris, it is
important for us to be focussed on accomplishing
this task during this month of August. Residents
have to utilize their time, especially on weekends,
to stockpile their brush and branches (up to 4
inches in diameter ) along the edge of their
property nearest to the road. Pick-up of material
will be done on a rotational basis throughout the
affected communities. It is important to remember
that the purpose of this brush pick-up program is
to make our homes and neighbourhoods safer. For more
details about how to 'Fire Smart' your home and
property please refer to these web-sites:
www.firewise.org/
www.gov.ns.ca/natr/protection/wildfire/firesmart.htm
www.gov.ns.ca/natr/protection/wildfire/documents/wildfirebrochure2.pdf
So please prepare and ready
yourselves. Official notification will be circulated
to confirm the details of the brush debris pick-up
schedule. Your cooperation is critical.
HRM BURNING BYLAW AMENDED
On July 5th, 2005, HRM Regional Council passed
Amendment O-108 to the Open-Air Burning By-Law that
will now permit the issuance of municipal burning
permits during the provincial fire season (April
15th to October 15th - dates inclusive) at the
discretion of the local fire chiefs when safe
climate conditions warrant it to do so. So let's
take advantage of every rainy day we get in order to
minimize and reduce the volume of bio-mass debris
that is still out there. Residents seeking burning
permits, will still need a DNR permit. DNR still
has the right to cancel permits and invoke a ban of
all open-fires and travel within our woods if
dangerous dry conditions warrant it so. The DNR
Provincial Fire Weather Index (FWI) is available
on-line at:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/protection/wildfire/fwi/default.htm
. This will indicate what the current status of fire
risks is in our woodlands. With the abundance of
Juan debris still about, it is hoped that residents
within the CFIA Beetle zone will take advantage of
the brush pick-up program. But for those residents
outside this area, brush can now be burnt year-round
as long as local conditions are deemed to be safe
enough to do so. BUT exercise caution when burning!
ADDRESS CHANGES & ROAD SIGNS
Furthermore to my earlier articles
about the Civic Addressing Project ( JAN. 2005 -
Issue # 86 & APRIL 2005 - Issue # 89), HRM has
completed validating its civic address database
for Lake Echo, Mineville, the Lawrencetowns,
Porter's Lake, the Chezzetcooks and elsewhere
along the entire Eastern Shore. This work was done
in cooperation with the Province to improve the
9-1-1 service. As each community in our area was
examined, this civic addressing review has named
several un-named roadways and private lanes. As
well, many roads with duplicated street names
and/or incorrect civic numbers were adjusted. (See
list below) Most of these address changes will
take effect by August 15th, 2005. Along with these
civic address changes has come the placement of
new directional road signs. These new signs are
quite larger than what we have been used too. The
larger print on these signs make it visually
easier for emergency services and other travellers
to read the upcoming road sign well before they
pass it. However; there has been some enquiries
about the positioning of these signs. It has been
expressed that they need directional arrows and
the sign-posts should be repositioned immediately
next to the roads itself. These concerns have been
forwarded to the appropriate municipal &
provincial authorities in an attempt to correct
these misunderstandings and eliminate most of the
confusion. The HRM Civic Addressing Project will
now move into the communities of East Preston &
North Preston before starting into Metro next
year.
COMMUNITY NAMES : ( OLD STREET NAME >>> NEW NAME
)
MINEVILLE :
No longer >MINESVILLE= - the "S" will be removed
from
all local road names & Community Name.
LAKE ECHO :
ECHO TERRACE >>> ROBINA DRIVE
ECHO PARK Drive >>>
HUMMINGBIRD DRIVE
ECHO POND Drive >>> CHURCHLAKE DRIVE
ECHO RIVER Drive >>> BREEZY LANE
OLD HALIFAX Road. >>> CIRCLE DRIVE
OLD LAKE ECHO Rd. >>> BLUEROCK ROAD
PORTER=S LAKE :
O=CONNELL COURT >>> EXETER COURT
MANNETTE ROAD >>> WHISPER RIDGE
MARIA COURT >>> GENEVA
COURT
Hwy #207 Loop >>> STELLA DRIVE
OLD ROAD >>> JULIEN LANE
INVERARY LANE >>> INVERARY POINT LANE
CAPRI COURT >>> CAPRI ISLAND CLOSE
Old Middle Porters Lake Rd. >>> MARJORIE
DRIVE
LAWRENCETOWN :
Section of FLYING POINT ROAD >>> PARKCREST DRIVE
Section of MELINDA AVENUE >>> DAVID ALLEN DRIVE
FORGE COURT >>> DAVID DRIVE
PATTERSON DRIVE >>> ALF LANE
WEST CHEZZETCOOK :
OLD ROAD >>> OLD
HARVEY LANE
REDMOND DRIVE >>> GEORGE REDMOND DRIVE
HARBOUR VIEW DRIVE >>> HUNTER LANE
HEAD CHEZZETCOOK :
OLD COACH ROAD (East End) >>> HERITAGE VIEW DRIVE
OLD COACH ROAD (West End) >>> STAGE COACH LANE
EAST CHEZZETCOOK :
Front Section of Colford Drive & Pettipas Drive >>>
MOTTS DRIVE
East Chezzetcook Road Loop (north of Exit 21) >>>
DEBRA=S WAY
East Chezzetcook Road Loop (south of Exit 21) >>>
INLETVIEW RD.
Government Wharf Road. >>> East Chezzetcook Wharf
Road
GAETZ BROOK :
CHRISTOPHER LANE >>> VISTA LANE
New Private Road Names in District
3 ( so far ):
ARBOR HILL - Lake Echo
GRUMPY LANE - Lake Echo
KENZIE RIDGE - Lake Echo
LYDIA LANE - Lake Echo
ROSEHIP LANE - Lake Echo
CREEKSIDE LANE - Porters Lake
FERNLEAF LANE - Porters Lake
GLACIER RIDGE - Porters Lake
HARMONY WAY - Porters Lake
HURST LANE - Porters Lake
MELDRUM LANE - Porters Lake
PROPELLER LANE - Porters Lake
PUFFIN DRIVE - Porters Lake
QUIESCENT LANE - Porters Lake
ROCK ISLAND RUN - Porters Lake
SPRINGBROOK HOLLOW - Porters Lake
TEABERRY LANE - Porters Lake
WHITE BIRCH DRIVE - Porters Lake
VEINOTTE LANE - Porters Lake
HERONVIEW DRIVE - East Lawrencetown
SHALLOW COVE ROAD - East Lawrencetown
MOSS CLOSE - Lawrencetown
JADE LANE - Three Fathom Harbour
BEACHSIDE LANE - Seaforth
NEHALENNIA WAY- Seaforth
ACADIA LANE - West Chezzetcook
ISAACS PLACE - West Chezzetcook
MALLARD LANE - West Chezzetcook
PASTURE ROAD - West Chezzetcook
MORGANS LANDING - East Chezzetcook
SERENADE LANE - East Chezzetcook
WAVES EDGE LANE - East Chezzetcook
WHOS HILL - Lower East Chezzetcook
WINDSURF LANE - Lower East Chezzetcook
FORTUNE LANE - Head of Chezzetcook
ALAN DRIVE - Gaetz Brook
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