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News Story of the Month
March 2010

GBBA seeking input on Park’s infrastructure needs

BURNSIDE
BURNSIDE NEWS STAFF
The Burnside News

The Greater Burnside Business Association (GBBA) needs your help. The Association is in the process of drafting a list of infrastructure priorities, which will guide its consultations with Halifax Regional Municipality in trying to build Burnside better.

To do that, it’s seeking input from Burnside residents to help define what they see as the top infrastructure challenges currently facing the Park. The following survey not only gives the Association direction in terms of what infrastructure projects to lobby the municipality to initiate, it also provides increased legitimacy for those lobbying efforts.

So please take a few minutes to answer these simply questions and send them in to the GBBA by mail, fax or email. Or visit our website, www.burnsidenews.com, where you can access an online copy of the survey to fill out and send in.

PO Box 38015

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3B 1X2

Email: info@greaterburnside.ca

1)    Rank the following according to their importance (1 being the most important and 5 being the least):

____ Roadways

____ Sidewalks

____ Green Spaces

____ Signage and traffic signals

____ Lighting and utilities

2)    Which of the following best describes the state of the current public infrastructure within Burnside?

a.    Excellent

b.    Good

c.    Moderate

d.    Poor

e.    Abysmal

3)    With limited resources where would dollars spent on infrastructure best serve the interests of businesses in Burnside?

a.    Infrastructure within Burnside – (roads, sidewalks, lighting, etc.)

b.    Infrastructure outside Burnside – (e.g. the Port, Rail, Highways, Harbour Bridges)

4)    What is more important?

a.    Infrastructure serving the direct needs of business – (e.g. roads)

b.    Infrastructure serving the direct needs of employees – (e.g. sidewalks or bus terminals)

5)    Who reasonably should be responsible for funding upgrades to infrastructure within Burnside if/when they are required?

a.    Halifax Regional Municipality – supported by the entire tax base of HRM

b.    Businesses located within Burnside

c.    A combination of the above

d.    If you chose (c), indicate the proportions (HRM)____% / (Businesses)____%)

6)    With reference to specific locations, what are the most impressive improvements to infrastructure within Burnside within the past 5 years (if any)? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7)    With reference to specific locations, what are currently the most pressing infrastructure deficits within Burnside (if any)? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8)    Do you support construction of a new Highway 107/Burnside Drive Extension to Duke Street in Bedford/Sackville? Why or why not? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9)    Provide any other general comments about infrastructure within Burnside.