The Local Service District of Cottrell`s Cove was set up by the Government of NFLD and takes its direction from
the Department of Municipal Affairs like many other local service districts throughout the province.
If you
need more information on buying property in the Cottrell`s Cove area, email me by using the link below.
A new Recreation Committee was just put in place to go after funding for a new walking trail to Flurrey
Bight and to continue on from there to the Fairy Hill Lookout Site at Fortune Hr. This trail will follow the old historic
route used by early settlers to the New Bay area.
Another project is the building of a lookout and picnic site on Yellow Fox Island with toilets and a boat
haulout ramp at that Moores Cove location. Many visitors came in past years to view icebergs for free and can
look forward to a better viewing spot and of course we will not charge to visiting people to use our lookout as is being done
in some nearby communities.
Winter Tickle Picnic Park
We have applied for a picnic park site at Winter Tickle Lake, former property of the New Bay Boys and Girls Club.
Cottrell`s Cove has been awarded the area now that a problem we were having with the provincial Tourism Department has
been cleared up. We were encouraged by Crown Lands to apply for the site to keep it in public hands only to be stopped
for some time by the government department that should be helping us. We were advised in early 2009 that our application
had been approved. We will try to move the project fwd in the coming year with help from the Exploits Economic Development Association. Our
sourrounding area lacks a place to relax, swim and have a lunch especially in the summer months. The whole province of Nfld
lacks public picnic areas along the highways. Other provinces and states in the USA have many places that a tourist can stop
and relax on their travels. We would like to restore this site to the way it was with the previous Boys and Girls Club infastructure
plus put in a few picnic sites with some picnic tables. Site on a smaller scale but similar to to the ones you
would find near service centres along highway 401 in Ontario.
We thank Crown Lands for approving our application and as soon as the official paperwork
arrives we hope to get the project underway.
UPDATE JULY 2010
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GARBAGE COLLECTION
UPDATE JUNE 22, 2011
We have been informed in a meeting held at Point Leamington last night that there
will be no change in dumping arrangements in our zone till at least Feb. 2012. Our dump
remains open till then and I can`t see the provincials trying to close dumps and cover over landfill until spring. So now
we can continue on with our dump cleaning and billing at least till the end of 2011...wy
ADDED NOTES
There is some confusion about the timing of the arrival of several more compactor trucks to
be used in several areas of the zone. The provincial government will have to spring for more money to buy more trucks in order
to pickup everywhere needed.
Arrival of the extra trucks might slow down the closing of our dump. Our dump will have to
remain open until such time as a compactor truck is ready to pick up in Cottrell`s Cove and Fortune Hr.
It also looks like there will not be enough garbage for a load for
a compactor truck if we have one pickup every seven days. We may have to have one pickup every ten days to keep the cost of
the pickups down.
Hopefully everything fall into place once the service starts.
New garbage collection in place for 2011??
We are changing over to the new waste collection system that has been put fwd by the Government
of Nfld. Our new waste disposal site will be near Norris Arm North about 50 miles away. We are still in discussions with CNWMC
on how we fit into their plan. We have been told that our waste disposal cost will go to about $190.00.
At this time there is a pilot project on New World Island using a compactor
truck so a true picture can be obtained of the pickup cost. The study has found that the pickup costs are much higher than
in town because of the distance between households in the rural areas.
Still some confusion over the rate for cabin owners in our area. We are
electing for the curbside pickup and we may drop collections from cabins that are owned by residents that own property
in another town in our pickup area. We can see problems trying to get the new system in place. I believe it will be a good
system since our local dump will be closed forever. Just got to make sure there is no dumping in the bushes along the road
or overboard into the ocean like in the days before the local dump was in place. I am still trying to figure out the
new system info so I can it pass along to our residents.
The new central dump is behind schedule but a lot of the transfer stations have been built. It looks like the garbage
from the West Coast of the island might be trucked to the Norris Arm site because of the extra capacity there. It should
help bring down the costs somewhat.
Many towns in NL are concerned about the added costs to residents on fixed incomes with the new system. Right now
they are confronting the provincial govenment asking for some financial help getting the new system in place. Robin Hood
Bay Dump is already having problems
with bad odors under certain wind directions. With all the empty space available in Nfld, you would think that the
dump could be relocated away from the City of St. John`s. Someone has missed something here I believe......... We have been
notified that the new pickup for Norris Arm will start in the last quarter of 2011. Maybe just after the next provincial election?
I believe the provincials should give some cash back to people on fixed incomes to ease in the new system. Something
like the payments made in Ontario before the HST was put in place.
As a local service district, we should be able to use the same costing plus increase for full time residents and
use our normal one half rate plus for our cabin owners in town as we do now.
The provincial government has assured us that they will put teeth in the collections and ticket people found dumping
in the bushes. If we fail to collect, then the waste management authority will sure come up short since we will be bankrupt
and our water system will shut down.
There lies a much bigger problem. Time will tell how well the new system will work!!
Wilson Yates (chairperson)
Local Service District Committee
Box 110
Cottrell`Cove, NL. A0H
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Wilson
ph 709 485 2944
fax 709 485 2944
cell 416 209 7605
