BURIN, N.L. — The Town of Burin will not be expanding its service boundaries to include residents past the Golden Sands Resort in Burin.
On Tuesday, Jan. 21 council approved the minutes of a special meeting held on Tuesday, Jan 7 to discuss recommendations on the topic found in a consulting firm's report.
Minutes of the meeting provided to The Southern Gazette show council had a number of concerns including fire protection, streets not meeting town standards, and increased service costs.
Mayor Kevin Lundrigan told The Southern Gazette during a phone interview Friday, Jan. 24 although the report recommended the town move forward with a service boundary expansion, council felt it was not in the town's best financial interest.
The cost for upgrades needed to expand the service district was estimated at more than $1 million.
"A unanimous decision rejected the report," he explained.
In October 2019 the town hired LW Consulting to prepare a feasibility study to look at expansion of the town's service boundary to provide fire protection, street lighting, and possibly road maintenance and snow clearing to 75 additional properties.
