Province takes JD Irving Ltd lands out of Entity 40
It seems as though JD Irving Ltd isn’t a fan of amalgamation.
Four massive parcels of land that belong to the forestry giant have quietly been removed from the future Entity 40, the municipality which is being created by the Province of New Brunswick through the dissolution of the town of Sackville and village of Dorchester, and amalgamation of them with surrounding local service districts.
The change was made during the process for mapping out the municipal election wards of the new Entity 40, and first noticed by Sackville resident Sharon Hicks, who alerted town councillors and media.
The revised boundary still sees Entity 40 stretch northward through Midgic up to border with Beaubassin East, but now large tracts of land have been portioned off the outer boundary to the east and west. CHMA confirmed via the province’s PLANET property information system that much of the now-excluded lands were made up of parcels owned by JD Irving Ltd. The new border line matches the shape of the JD Irving Ltd. property lines in many spots, making it highly likely that the changes were made with the properties in mind.
In response to a CHMA enquiry on the reason for the boundary change, provincial spokesperson Alysha Elliot responded with an emailed statement saying the areas would become part of one of 12 rural districts set up by the province which take up the lion’s share of the province’s area.… Continue