Pam Lovelace

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Halifax mayoral candidate Pam Lovelace talks light rail, housing, community safety

October 17, 2024 by Mitchell Bailey

The Halifax Municipal election is only a couple of days away. In the meantime, CKDU is working diligently to bring as many candidates perspectives to the listening audience as possible.

Pam Lovelace is a Halifax Regional Municipality mayoral candidate and District 13 councillor. In this interview, Lovelace shares her policy proposals regarding affordability, transportation, modernizing the city’s development approval process, community safety, and more.

Advance voting for the upcoming municipal election opened on October 8, as residents can now cast their ballots by phone or through an online portal.

CKDU will continue its Halifax election coverage leading up to election day on October 19.

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Halifax council asks for update on last summer’s flood damage

March 20, 2024 by Haeley Dirisio

Halifax regional council are asking for an update from Halifax Water, HRM Planning Development and HRM Public Works about the damage to properties and repairs needed after the floods took place in July 2023.

Coun. Lisa Blackburn requested the report stating that the flood damage was due to ditches and culverts that failed. At Tuesday’s council meeting, Blackburn said many of her constituents in District 14 had damage done to their properties because of the floods.

Coun. Pam Lovelace requested an amendment to the motion to add Nova Scotia Public Works to understand what is happening to provincial roads when floods happen.

Council voted unanimously in favour of the motion.

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Council votes to keep Fox Hollow Drive property on surplus land list

January 11, 2024 by Haeley Dirisio

Halifax Regional Council voted against removing 21 Fox Hollow Dr. in Upper Tantallon from a list of surplus land owned by the city, a motion put forward by Councillor Pam Lovelace during Tuesday’s meeting.

Lovelace brought the motion forward to rescind the decision after her request to remove the property was voted down last month. The municipality owned land will be assessed to determine if it can be used for upcoming affordable housing projects.

Lovelace said last month the land is not a good fit for affordable housing due to its lack of access to transit routes and because it could block an access to the St. Margaret’s Bay Trail.

During the meeting Tuesday she added that the lot can’t support a septic system because there is a wetland on the property.

Lovelace’s motion to rescind was defeated in a vote of 11 to 4.

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Halifax council votes to go forward on two affordable housing projects

December 15, 2023 by Haeley Dirisio

Halifax council is working to create more affordable housing in the city with the new Cogswell District and sale of surplus property.

On Tuesday, councillors voted to use the upcoming Cogswell District and sell land owned by the municipality to create more affordable housing.

Staff were directed to continue developing a strategy for long-term affordable housing in the district, slated to be finished by fall 2025.

During the meeting councillors also approved to declare six plots of land as surplus that will later be used for affordable housing projects.

Coun. David Hendsbee asked that the seventh proposed site on Chamberlain Drive be temporarily removed in order to allow neighbouring property owners the chance to purchase it.

Another site in Upper Tantallon was asked to be removed by Coun. Pam Lovelace due to it being an access point for the St. Margaret’s Bay Trail but was voted down.

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Halifax council reviews wildfire response, plans Westwood Hills emergency road

December 12, 2023 by Haeley Dirisio

Halifax regional council passed a vote to proceed with planning an emergency road for Westwood Hills.

On Tuesday, HRM councillors heard a presentation about lessons learned after the wildfires in Upper Tantallon last spring.

The wildfires started May 28, 151 homes were destroyed and 16,000 people were forced to evacuate. The evacuation was criticized after residents were caught in long lines of traffic due to lack of exits.

The report recommends council approves a plan for a new emergency-only route from Westwood Hills subdivision to Highway 103

“I think we kind of already knew that this could potentially happen,” said Coun. Pam Lovelace.

The report shows that the Emergency Management Office was underfunded and under-resourced, Lovelace said.

Coun. Lisa Blackburn said the Beaver Bank community has been flagged by the provincial government as being an extreme risk for wildfire.

Council is expecting reports from the city’s fire department and the provincial government.

Halifax mayoral candidate Pam Lovelace talks light rail, housing, community safety

Halifax council asks for update on last summer’s flood damage

Council votes to keep Fox Hollow Drive property on surplus land list

Halifax council votes to go forward on two affordable housing projects

Halifax council reviews wildfire response, plans Westwood Hills emergency road

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