Trails and Bikeways Master Plan
The Village of New Maryland, Recreation & Leisure Services Department, is currently working on the development of a Trails and Bikeways Master Plan for the community.

As part of the process, Village residents were invited to attend the Public Consultation Session on August 9th, 2011.

Further, residents are now invited to review the draft plan, and send in their comments.

Forbes Property Redevelopment Project
The Village of New Maryland recently held a public consultation meeting on the redevelopment of the "Forbes Property", located at 208-210 New Maryland Highway.

You can click here to view the five proposals, as well as the presentation that was given. Then please feel free to fill out the questionnaire, and send it in as indicated.

Water Tower Project
One of the largest projects that the Village is currently working on is the Water Tower Project.  The official title of this project is the “Building Canada Fund – Communities Component, Proposed Water Supply System Upgrades”. In April 2009 we received approval for funding through the Infrastructure Program. The total cost of the project is $4.6 million dollars and each level of government (municipal, provincial and federal) will contribute 1/3 of the funds.

The project includes specific and significant infrastructure upgrades and modifications to improve various supply, storage and distribution components of the municipal water system. The proposed upgrades and modifications are aimed at enhancing system reliability, flexibility and expandability, increasing water storage capacity, and improving the interconnection between adjacent neighborhood water systems.

The project consists of nine sub-projects or activities listed below:

1. Well Pump/Controls Replacement;

2. Interconnecting Water Main;

3. Elevated Water Reservoir (water tower);

4. Decommission Reservoir/Booster Station;

5. SCADA;

6. In-line Blending System;

7. Water/Sewer Installation;

8. Decommission Waste Stabilization Pond;

9. Hydrants.

It is important to note that the completion of the project will improve the storage capacity of our system, however it does not provide an additional water supply source. The Village is concurrently involved in an extensive wellfield exploration project.

To date we have issued three tenders for the water tower project. Contract One was for the installation of ten hydrants and two gate valves. This is only a small portion of the number of hydrants that will be installed for the project. These hydrants were installed in conjunction with the 2009 Street Improvement Program and the remainder of the hydrants will be installed in 2010. You may have noted that the hydrants in the Village are currently painted black. This is to indicate that they are operational for flushing the utility lines only, and not for firefighting capabilities. The new storage tower will provide us with the necessary capacity for firefighting capabilities and once on-line, all of the hydrants in the Village will be painted red to indicate their operational status. The work detailed in Contract One has been completed.

Contract Two is for the elevated water storage reservoir, or water tower. The reservoir represents the cornerstone component of the project. The tower is located to the west of the New Maryland Elementary School, at the end of Sprucewood Drive. The storage capacity of 460,000 gallons will be capable of satisfying peak water demands, fire-fighting flows and emergency water uses for an equivalent service population totaling approximately 3600 people. This contract was issued in September of 2009 and the tower is currently under construction. We will continue to add photos to the website to keep our residents apprised of the status of the construction.

Contract Three was issued in August 2009 for the Interconnecting Water Mains and Access Roadway. This component will create the access roadway and will replace and upgrade key piping sections that hydraulically limit the water delivery to the water distribution network piping and the proposed elevated water storage reservoir. This upgrade will ensure adequate flow capacities from the water supply wells are achieved and maintained, and that the pumping energy needed to deliver water to the elevated reservoir is minimized.

The remainder of the tenders will be issued in early 2010 and we hope to have the new system operational by November 2010. We will provide status reports and updates as contracts are issued throughout the project.

Street Improvement Program
The Village of New Maryland has undertaken an extensive Street Improvement Program valued at approximately 3.6 million dollars.

The results of the two-year program will see improvements to a substantial portion of the streets in the Village. Approximately 7.3 kilometers of street improvement has been completed in 2009 at a cost of $1.7 million dollars. An additional 7.3 kilometers is scheduled for completion in 2010.

Varying degrees of construction improvements were used in the streets. This ranged from a complete rebuild of base materials to the resurfacing of the street. One new technique that was incorporated in the street improvement program was the pulverizing of the surface asphalt and mixing it with the base material. This is seen as a “greener” approach in reconstructing streets.

Streets or portions thereof that have been completed in 2009 include: Atkinson Lane, Shaw Lane, Springwater Lane, Woodlawn Lane, Sunrise Estates Drive, Sprucewood Drive, Daniel Drive, Phillips Drive, Horncastle Avenue and Bradshaw Drive.

We will update this site to advise residents as tenders and contracts are issued in 2010 to continue the Street Improvement Program.