Kings County engineering and public works manager Scott Quinn reported at the Feb. 16 committee of the whole session that Glooscap First Nation has requested to partner with the municipalities of Kings and West Hants to extend municipal sewer and water service to the proposed development.
This also presents an opportunity to extend central water service to some residents along Highway 1 and in the Avon Heights subdivision. Some Avon Heights residents have experienced issues with a private water utility. In the fall, the utility ran out of water and some residents requested that the County of Kings intervene.
Water service would be extended from the Hantsport Water Utility, which is owned by the Municipality of West Hants, while sewer service would be extended from Hants Border, a County of Kings utility.
“This is a wonderful opportunity to partner with West Hants,” area councillor Mike Ennis said. “Staff will engage the community when the time is right.”
The proposed service extensions are expected to cost between $1.5 and $2 million, with most of the cost being borne by the project proponent, Glooscap Ventures. There would be a capital cost recovery charge if water service were extended to Avon Heights.
The committee voted to recommend council approval of conducting a feasibility study for the proposed infrastructure extension. Both service extensions would require approval of the provincial departments of Environment and Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. The provincial Utilities and Review Board (UARB) would have to approve the water extension.
About the project
Although the decision is under appeal, in July, council gave second and final reading to a rezoning of the subject property from Forestry to Highway Commercial to make way for the phased development of a commercial highway service centre near the Ben Jackson Road interchange.
The Glooscap First Nation Economic Development Corporation (GFNEDC) made the rezoning application.
The proposed development off Exit 8A in Lockhartville includes a gas bar, convenience store and coffee outlet as part of the first phase. Future phases could see the establishment of a market, hotel, restaurant, cultural centre and powwow grounds.
About 25 acres of land have been purchased for the venture, which is expected to create between 150 and 175 full and part-time jobs.
GFNEDC vice president of corporate development Claude O’Hara said in July that the market would be developed as part of the second phase and the hotel would come late in the second or in the third phase. The establishment of a cultural centre “will greatly depend on the economic picture as we move forward.”
Kings County engineering and public works manager Scott Quinn reported at the Feb. 16 committee of the whole session that Glooscap First Nation has requested to partner with the municipalities of Kings and West Hants to extend municipal sewer and water service to the proposed development.
This also presents an opportunity to extend central water service to some residents along Highway 1 and in the Avon Heights subdivision. Some Avon Heights residents have experienced issues with a private water utility. In the fall, the utility ran out of water and some residents requested that the County of Kings intervene.
Water service would be extended from the Hantsport Water Utility, which is owned by the Municipality of West Hants, while sewer service would be extended from Hants Border, a County of Kings utility.
“This is a wonderful opportunity to partner with West Hants,” area councillor Mike Ennis said. “Staff will engage the community when the time is right.”
The proposed service extensions are expected to cost between $1.5 and $2 million, with most of the cost being borne by the project proponent, Glooscap Ventures. There would be a capital cost recovery charge if water service were extended to Avon Heights.
The committee voted to recommend council approval of conducting a feasibility study for the proposed infrastructure extension. Both service extensions would require approval of the provincial departments of Environment and Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. The provincial Utilities and Review Board (UARB) would have to approve the water extension.
About the project
Although the decision is under appeal, in July, council gave second and final reading to a rezoning of the subject property from Forestry to Highway Commercial to make way for the phased development of a commercial highway service centre near the Ben Jackson Road interchange.
The Glooscap First Nation Economic Development Corporation (GFNEDC) made the rezoning application.
The proposed development off Exit 8A in Lockhartville includes a gas bar, convenience store and coffee outlet as part of the first phase. Future phases could see the establishment of a market, hotel, restaurant, cultural centre and powwow grounds.
About 25 acres of land have been purchased for the venture, which is expected to create between 150 and 175 full and part-time jobs.
GFNEDC vice president of corporate development Claude O’Hara said in July that the market would be developed as part of the second phase and the hotel would come late in the second or in the third phase. The establishment of a cultural centre “will greatly depend on the economic picture as we move forward.”
