Holyrood awaiting government greenlight for municipal plan

By Mark Squibb, The Shoreline

The Town of Holyrood is still awaiting provincial government approval for the towns 2024-2034 municipal plan.

“The town plan approval process through the Department of Municipal Affairs is slow at the moment due to the departmental requirements to focus on St. John’s Regional Plan,” explained councillor Sandra Crawley during June 2 public meeting.

Crawley added that council had sent a letter to Minister Chris Tibbs asking for consideration and department approval of the plan.

A number of other municipalities are also waiting for the province to greenlight their municipal plans.

A spokesperson for the department confirmed that as of May 28 there were 49 new municipal plans under review. Four had been completed.