Contact me at:
paul.russell@halifax.ca
902-240-0441

Or contact my coordinator:
Vicki Palmeter
victoria.palmeter@halifax.ca
902-490-2012

First Lake Water Quality

First Lake is one of the gems of Lower Sackville. Due to construction, and the unchecked silt flowing in to it 40 years ago, it had suffered greatly. It had been an aerial landmark because it was an orange lake.

There has been an ongoing bacteria issue with the lake at Kinsmen Beach. This is what prompted the construction of the Kinsmen splash pad. The beach went from being a supervised and tested beach to being a beach that was closed. 

I’ve been working with the Friends of First Lake to get First Lake tested in the areas that are pinpointed above. The results of those tests told us where to do more in depth analysis of the lake to identify the source of the e.coli – whether it was waterfowl, pet, or human, and how much of each.

That report has come back. We now know the source of the e.coli around the lake, and we have started the work to correct it.

Read more about this by clicking here

Sackville Food Programs

The Cobequid Food Network is a group of community groups that have been meeting to address housing and food insecurity. Through the conversations we have developed a food calendar, which we plan to update monthly. This shows where and when food is available, in the Sackville area, at low or no cost.

Our intent is to update this calendar monthly.

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Lower Sackville Developments

Lower Sackville has a housing shortage. At this point we have about a 0% vacancy rate. One of the solutions for this is to build more places for people to live, and that’s exactly what’s happening in Lower Sackville. I talk more about this here: http://www.paulrussell.ca/housing/

I have put this post together in response to numerous questions. I intend to keep this post updated the significant developments that I know of.

The development that has captured the most attention recently is 70-80 First Lake Drive. The HRM web site for this is here: https://www.halifax.ca/business/planning-development/applications/case-24508-70-80-first-lake-drive-lower-sackville As of October 2022 it is still in the very early stages of this application. HRM planning is working with the developer. We can expect a public meeting early in 2023, but at this point it is too early to know when or where that will be.

The full list is here: http://www.paulrussell.ca/lower-sackville-developments/

Neighbourhood Speeding

We had one election in 2019 and another in 2020.

In both of these elections the number one issue that you talked about was speeding on neighbourhood streets. This problem has been described as a problem all around Lower Sackville, and also in many areas around HRM.

There are two general ways to slow traffic down. The first is to change the streets to make it more difficult to speed. The second is to encourage and remind drivers to respect the posted speed limit.

We use both methods to help reduce the speeding on our streets.

Please click here to read the full post.

First Lake Water Quality

First Lake is one of the gems of Lower Sackville. Due to construction, and the unchecked silt flowing in to it 40 years ago, it had suffered greatly. It had been an aerial landmark because it was an orange lake.

There has been an ongoing bacteria issue with the lake at Kinsmen Beach. This is what prompted the construction of the Kinsmen splash pad. The beach went from being a supervised and tested beach to being a beach that was closed. 

I’ve been working with the Friends of First Lake to get First Lake tested in the areas that are pinpointed above. The results of those tests told us where to do more in depth analysis of the lake to identify the source of the e.coli – whether it was waterfowl, pet, or human, and how much of each.

That report has come back. We now know the source of the e.coli around the lake, and we have started the work to correct it.

Read more about this by clicking here

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Sackville Food Programs

The Cobequid Food Network is a group of community groups that have been meeting to address housing and food insecurity. Through the conversations we have developed a food calendar, which we plan to update monthly. This shows where and when food is available, in the Sackville area, at low or no cost.

Our intent is to update this calendar monthly.

http://www.paulrussell.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023-12-Sackville-Food-Programs.jpg

 

Lower Sackville Developments

Lower Sackville has a housing shortage. At this point we have about a 0% vacancy rate. One of the solutions for this is to build more places for people to live, and that’s exactly what’s happening in Lower Sackville. I talk more about this here: http://www.paulrussell.ca/housing/

I have put this post together in response to numerous questions. I intend to keep this post updated the significant developments that I know of.

The development that has captured the most attention recently is 70-80 First Lake Drive. The HRM web site for this is here: https://www.halifax.ca/business/planning-development/applications/case-24508-70-80-first-lake-drive-lower-sackville As of October 2022 it is still in the very early stages of this application. HRM planning is working with the developer. We can expect a public meeting early in 2023, but at this point it is too early to know when or where that will be.

The full list is here: http://www.paulrussell.ca/lower-sackville-developments/

Neighbourhood Speeding

We went through one election in 2019 and another in 2020. In both of these elections the number one issue that you talked about was speeding on neighbourhood streets. This problem has been described as a problem all around Lower Sackville, and also in many areas around HRM.

There are two general ways to slow traffic down. The first is to change the streets to make it more difficult to speed. The second is to encourage and remind drivers to respect the posted speed limit.

We use both methods to help reduce the speeding on our streets.

Please click here to read the full post.

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