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Halifax considering open data

Council considers move as demand for information grows

Lessons from Ottawa may help Halifax Metro Transit

Ottawa Council’s transit committee ignores the big picture, and makes a mess of the smaller stuff. Are there lessons to be learned for HRM with its similar approach to transit management.

Crosswalk safety: No help wanted

A TRIAL RUN in safety and good citizenship was sadly shut down last week when buckets of orange flags were removed from crosswalks along HRM’s Waverley Road on the order of the traffic authority.

Setting the gateway’s strategy

SAINT JOHN – As members of the Southern New Brunswick Gateway Council gather today in Saint John for their annual meeting, the group’s chair says it’s time to build a consensus and come up with a regional strategy for developing the Atlantic Gateway.

Support HRM by Design

Sometimes a plan is better than no plan. Can we really afford to wait another ten years? Support HRM by design

HRM to seek funding for ice surfaces, library and ferry

The central library and the new ferry for Woodside were the next highest projects on council’s priority list.

Transit tax issue still on the table

As it stands, transit funding in metro comes from fares, property taxes and a share of gasoline taxes. Municipal staff said this week that the current system is inconsistent and that is frustrating local taxpayers.

Survey finds strong support for splitting HRM

Urban residents were found to be slightly more in favour of the split than rural residents.

School zone speed limits: slower is safer

Many critics of Halifax regional council’s request to the province to change the Motor Vehicle Act to permit such reduced speed limits in school zones seem to think the idea is outlandish.

HRM wants to reduce school zone speed limit

Drivers could be braking to 30 kilometres per hour from 50 in city school zones after council agreed Tuesday night to ask the provincial government to make the move.