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Council Unimpressed With Traffic Disruptions of Remembrance Day Ceremonies
ARICHAT - A municipal councilor's complaint about traffic noise that disrupted a Remembrance Day ceremony in his district has led to revelations of similar issues in other parts of the county and a full-blown investigation as to how to restore the silence at future events honouring Canada's veterans and soldiers.
District One councilor Shawn Samson told the latest regular meeting of Richmond Municipal Council that his attendance at the ceremony held at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 150 in Arichat began as a pleasant, reverent experience but was soured when he and others in attendance heard the unmistakable sound of all-terrain vehicles driving along a roadway in the adjacent community of Cap-Auguet.
"We had a couple of vehicles pass by with some music on, and I found it very discouraging," Samson recalled.
Following the ceremony, the District One councilor spoke to legion officials about the possibility of closing the nearby roads during the hour-long duration of Branch 150's Remembrance Day ceremony, a concept that drew support when Samson brought it to the Richmond County council table in late November.
Council designated Samson to speak with local law-enforcement officials about the possibility of road closures to coincide with future Remembrance Day ceremonies in Richmond County. At the same time, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Don Marchand pledged to instruct municipal staff to contact Richmond District RCMP detachments in both Arichat and St. Peter's regarding the issue, while simultaneously seeking answers from Nova Scotia's Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (DTIR) concerning Samson's request.
Following the council meeting, Richmond Warden Amanda Mombourquette confirmed that she had also experienced traffic-noise disruptions of the two Remembrance Day ceremonies she attended in her own district, in the communities of St. Peter's and River Bourgeois.
"The traffic was certainly disruptive in terms of being able to hear and participate in the ceremonies," Mombourquette recalled.
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