Business View Civil and Municipal | April 2021

83 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL APRIL 2021 Given the town’s common history and economic aspirations with the adjoining municipalities (Quispamsis, Grand-Bay Westfield, Hampton and the village of St. Martins) that, with the City make up the Greater Saint John area, Rothesay fancies itself a true ‘community of communities’– one that embraces the ideals of connectedness and cooperation. “We have a neighboring municipality with whom we share a library, police force and fire department,” Jarvie reports. “Rothesay also contributes to maintaining regional facilities; there are five to which town taxpayers provide funding. The catchment area for the Fundy Regional Service Commission is about 125,000. The Commission provides solid waste services, amongst other things.” As far as waste management infrastructure is concerned, Jarvie says the town expects to be awarded federal and provincial government funding for a new $22 million wastewater treatment plant, to be completed over the next three years. “As the Mayor described, the community sits along the Kennebecasis River, and it’s susceptible to spring flooding. This facility will be raised above the flood line, and the treatment process will involve putting water back into the river at a quality that’s superior to what occurs naturally.” Once the wastewater project is complete, Grant would like to see improvements to the trails system, with priorities on building local east- west connections. “People are really enamored of our trails,” she shares. “Both parts of town – the four river communities on the river side of the highway and the community of Wells, that contains our watershed – have wonderful trails. We want to connect the two. Again, we’re dependent on some federal money to help us with that, but that’s a project, too.” The Mayor admits that Rothesay could be using the river more to its advantage in that regard. “Maybe that’s something that can happen regionally,” she reckons. “With the new economic development agency, there’s no reason why day trips on our river can’t become a business opportunity.” www. d i l l on . ca Dillon Consulting Limited Consult_Dillon dillonconsulting ENGINEERING PLANNING AND DESIGN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES ROTHESAY , NEW BRUNSWI CK