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Detail from Tantramar council package for October 23, 2023 Committee of the Whole meeting.<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
The project would be partially funded through NB Power\u2019s Plug In NB program, and cost the municipality about $9500 on top of the rebates available. Cormier told council that staff saw the DVCC as a \u201cvaluable location\u201d for the chargers based on access to a power connection, ownership by the town, and \u201chigh visibility for both accessibility and security.\u201d Cormier also cited \u201cthe proximity to amenities, restaurants, shopping, museums, the public library and gorgeous green spaces right on the valley, seeing the river and the train passing by.\u201d The DVCC is on Main Street, near access to the Station Road Marsh Loop Trail and about a 5-minute walk from the village centre.<\/p>\n
Councillors had just two questions about the project back on October 10, before they voted to delay a decision. Councillor Debbie Wiggins-Colwell asked about the possibility of piggybacking electrical upgrades in the DVCC, and was told the two items would be covered by separate budget lines. Councillor Bruce Phinney asked about the compatibility of Teslas with the proposed charges. (They are compatible with most chargers, though most other EVs are not currently compatible with Tesla chargers.)<\/p>\n
It was Councillor Matt Estabrooks who moved to delay the approval of the project, saying he wanted some time at a Committee of the Whole meeting to further discuss the proposal.<\/p>\n
That discussion happened at council\u2019s October 23 Committee of the Whole meeting, but was entirely taken up with how to get the project approved in time to meet a December 31 deadline for funding from Tantramar\u2019s operating budget.<\/p>\n
Due to a delivery time of two to four weeks on the chargers, Corporate Services director Kieran Miller said that with a possible council approval not slated until November 14, that could mean the chargers would not be received until December 12, leaving very little time for the installation.<\/p>\n
Councillor Josh Goguen pressed the issue, and the matter is now on the agenda for a special meeting this week on November 1. (It could have been added to an agenda on October 24, but a single nay vote from Councillor Bruce Phinney kept it from being added to that agenda.)<\/p>\n
Further EV charging updates<\/h2>\n
EV users continue to report sporadic problems with the new DC fast charger installed in downtown Sackville, despite efforts by town staff to get it fixed. Miller told council on October 23 that an electrician from the manufacturer, Flo, had visited the site the previous week for repairs. But testimonies posted online from users show both successful and unsuccessful attempts to charge in the past few days.<\/p>\n
Another three DC fast chargers were due to be installed by NB Power this fall at the Visitor Information Centre in Sackville, but Miller told council that NB Power \u201cwill look to do some of the civil engineering work on site this fall, but the actual chargers will likely be installed in the spring.\u201d<\/p>\n
NB Power\u2019s communications department would not revise their expected date to complete the project, which was approved by Tantramar council this past spring. \u201cWe are waiting on the delivery of a couple of key pieces of ancillary equipment,\u201d writes spokesperson Dominique Couture by email. \u201cConstruction at the site should be starting in the next few weeks,\u201d says Couture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A project that was delayed by council at their meeting on October 10 will be back up for consideration at a special meeting on November 1. Councillors voted to add the item to this week\u2019s special budget meeting agenda in order to make sure it can be completed before the end of this year\u2019s fiscal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":160824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[222,225,2602],"tags":[23154,18694,11017,3623,32083,32084,12640],"radio":[227],"origine":[274,275,277],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190460"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190656,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190460\/revisions\/190656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190460"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=190460"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=190460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}