By Mark Squibb
December 20, 2023
The Town of Bay Bulls this month approved an application process for road construction requests effective this January.
“On occasion we receive requests to cut the road, install new driveway culverts, etcetera outside of the normal new home development requests,” explained Town Manager Ashley Wakeham. “They are not very frequent, approximately two to four annually, and the Town has always required a reinstatement/damages deposit for such work but there was no formalized application/approval process. This was just for housekeeping and record management so that we have the necessary documents to support the payment of the deposits and the return of the same.”
Council also delegated the authority to approve applications to the Town Manager.
Councillor Corey Ronayne suggested that as the process is new, council provide oversight for the first three months.
Wakeham said the requests are infrequent, but in the last number of months the Town has received more than usual, and there wasn’t a proper process for dealing with the applications.
The motion was amended to delegate authority to Wakeham with council advising for the first three months and was approved unanimously by those in attendance. Mayor Ketih O’Driscoll and councillor Jason Sullivan were both absent.
