Senior concerned about Q-Plex
Published Friday May 29th, 2009
One resident says she won’t use the complex
Everyone has an opinion about the Q-Plex.
The most burning topics surrounding the recreational facility include whether Rothesay should partner on the plan, if the tax rate in Quispamsis will skyrocket to pay for the building and whether town staff has been responsible in planning the $22-million project.
The multiplex sports facility is being built to relieve complaints from residents who want more recreational opportunities in the growing town but at least one person says there is a part of the population who will be left out.
“I feel that the seniors in our area should not have to find more money for their property taxes to pay for this new facility,”
Mayor Murray Driscoll expresses concern for seniors, but said the project is not negotiable.
“Nobody wants their tax rates to go up,” he said in an interview with the Telegraph-Journal. “I don’t want mine to go up either but I recognize that we’re going to move Quispamsis forward.”
The mayor has said the tax rate will not rise more than three cents to pay for the Q-Plex, and said the town’s growth is what makes Quispamsis able to afford the high price tag.
Driscoll singled out the 75-bed Kings Way Care Centre nursing home and incoming retirement home Jubilee Hall, being constructed by Shannex New
If the seniors living in those complexes are anything like Damon, they likely won’t be visiting the Q-Plex very often.
“I can understand the young families in the area getting really excited about this and so they should; this facility will be a very welcome addition to the community for them,” Damon said in the letter, “but not for the older citizens who struggle in these hard economic times to stay in their own homes.”
Features on the project include an NHL-sized ice surface, an outdoor pool and a three-lane walking track. Plans call for the structure to open in 2010.
Candice Mac Lean is the editor of KV Style. Reach her at maclean.candice@kvstyle.com.
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My concern is not only about the affordabilty of the Q-plex and its yearly operational and maintainance costs. Has the town ever determined the degree of citizen support? If so it would be nice to hear what the actual percentage of residents who want this Q-plex is.