Moncton City Council has adopted a recreation master plan which will serve as a guide over the next 10 years.
Presented to council during this week’s regular public meeting, the report divided up the city into five recreation community zones covering pools, arenas, field houses, parks and trails.
Guiding principles included active living, inclusion and access, connecting people and nature, supportive environments and recreation capacity.
The plan addressed how recreation activities may evolve within the physical and cultural makeup of the city, how recreation facilities provide physical assets that support evolving use as well as how the city will support recreation programs to meet the needs of residents.
Ward 2 councillor Daniel Bourgeois would not support the plan because he feels the Salisbury Road area is being left out.
“Many of them are paying full property taxes but they’re not getting the full city services because the serviceable boundary doesn’t reach every nook and corner of Salisbury Road.”
Deputy mayor Bryan Butler was also not in favour of the plan since he felt single community hubs under one roof are needed.
“Instead of having a pool on city-owned land, a field house someplace else on a piece of land and maybe an ice surface on another piece of city land, there’s nothing in this report where we should think about a facility where all that is.”
Council voted 8 to 3 in favour of the plan in principle with nay votes from councillors Bourgeois, Butler and Dave Steeves.
Trace Planning and Design was contracted to prepare the report in January 2020 which was delayed due to the challenges of holding public consultations during the pandemic.
The report is only a guide and council is not committed to any of its proposals.
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