By Mark Squibb/November 18, 2021
The Town of Bay Bulls is calling for the removal of a guiderail on Southside Road.
“We have a resident who installed a guiderail adjacent to their property which is also in the road reservation (area),” explained CAO Jennifer Aspell. “At the last public meeting, council made a motion to notify the resident that the guiderail either had to be brought to spec or removed, with a 14-day compliance period. The resident has not complied with the request, and so the next step could potentially be for the Town to have an official compliance order issued to the property owner requesting compliance and/or removal.”
Deputy Mayor Jason O’ Brien motioned the resident be issued the formal order, which was seconded by councilor Keith O’ Driscoll.
Mayor Neil O’Brien wished to explain the issue further for the benefit of the public.
“What we have here is a typical example of the public probably not understanding what it is that the council is asking,” said O’ Brien. “We do have a guiderail that was installed. But the guiderail that was installed was not installed to the specs of the Municipality Act.”
O’ Brien then went on to say he didn’t think the guiderail was a big deal, but that he wished to go back to the owner to explain that it doesn’t meet the Town’s building specifications.
“It’s not installed correctly,” said O’Brien. “It’s not a huge, huge deal, but as a Town, and for the liability for us all, this guiderail needs to be installed correctly.”
Deputy Mayor O’Brien pointed out council has already had those conversations with the property owner. Councilor Jason Sullivan added that an e-mail from the property owner confirmed as much.
Mayor O’Brien said it wasn’t a witch hunt, but that the guiderail simply needs to be up to spec and that he wished to make a motion that it be installed correctly.
Councilor Sullivan said the deputy mayor had already made that motion. Put to a vote, it was unanimously approved.
