Moncton City Council has adopted a development charge bylaw for the Humphreys Brook area in the east end.
Under the bylaw, landowners help pay for municipal infrastructure if they benefit from development.
A development charge bylaw was approved last year for the Twin Oaks area in the north end.
Moncton’s director of planning Bill Budd told city council the opening of École Champlain has driven development by landowners in that area.
A previously adopted neighbourhood plan calls for an east-west collector road which would begin near the school and link up to Harrisville Boulevard.
This would open an undeveloped area for houses, townhouses, duplexes and apartment buildings.
Budd said city staff are considering a couple of scenarios to construct the $3 million road.
“The developer builds it with a capital contribution from the city and we get something put in the capital budget. Or alternatively, the city front ends it and does the full cost recovery.”
City council was unanimous in its support of the development charge bylaw.
Prior to the vote, a public hearing was held but no objections were received.
Council also adopted a framework for development charge bylaws in two other undeveloped areas of Moncton – the Vision Lands between Wheeler Boulevard and the Trans-Canada Highway and land behind the Northwest Plaza.
