This group of community stakeholders has been entrusted with helping Brunswick Pipeline develop a specialized construction and restoration plan for the 2.4 kilometres of the pipeline that will run through Rockwood Park.
The Committee includes representatives from Brunswick Pipeline, the Saint John Horticultural Association, City of Saint John, Atlantic Coastal Action Program Saint John, a resident of the Rockwood Park area, a resident-at-large, and the NB Department of Environment.
Under the Committee’s direction, BDA Landscape Architects of Sussex, NB was hired to develop the restoration plan for an associated trail development in Rockwood Park.
The Committee held a public workshop in early October 2007 to present initial walking/bicycle trail design concepts and a draft of the Rockwood Park Construction and Restoration Plan. Twenty members of the public attended the event, participating in discussion groups on the subjects of Construction and Right-of-Way (ROW) Restoration, and Trail Development. The three-hour event yielded good feedback on the Plan as well as trail development, which were considered and shared with the relevant work groups at the next Committee meeting. Items related to construction were shared with the Construction group, environmental shared with the environmental group, etc. Comments related to trail development were discussed among the entire Committee, including BDA Landscape Architects, as it prepared for the open houses at the end of the month.
On October 29 and 30, 2007, open houses were held at the Lily Lake Pavilion to invite further review and comment about the Plan and the now three trail development concepts. These concepts included:
- original Brunswick Pipeline commitment for a trail on top of the ROW;
- proposal to renew a number of interior Park trails and to build new connector trails to make walks more interesting; and
- proposal to develop an accessible trail around Lily Lake, in conjunction with the Horticultural Associations and City of Saint John plans for renewal at the Park entrance, and also to recognize the commitment already made in the rebuilding of the Lily Lake Pavilion.
Strong support was shown for option iii) and for allowing the pipeline ROW to revegitate in a manner consistent with the adjacent powerline ROW. Information about trail usage obtained from the open house feedback forms also supported the Lily Lake option through the sheet number of people who use that trail and the Pavilion. Development will take place over the winter and spring so that the renewed trail will be available to the public by summer.
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SAINT JOHN, NB: The results of the feedback forms and comments from the Rockwood Park public workshop and open houses have been tallied. Of the three trail alternatives displayed at the October 29 and ... More »
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Brunswick Pipeline announced today that a working committee has been established to help set the direction for the construction and restoration work being planned for the 2.4 km section, of the 145 km pipeline route, that will follow existing power transmission lines through Rockwood Park. More »
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