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Saint Andrews wharf refurbishment delayed by one year

The wharf refurbishment in Saint Andrews has been delayed another year. 

At council this week, Mayor Brad Henderson announced that the project would need to wait until October 2025. 

The reason for the delay, according to Henderson, is that environmental concerns were unsold by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. 

“The issues that we experienced with DFO is the fact that, the I guess you could say, footprint of Market Square would be expanded and there was concern over mitigation habitat, meaning that if you’re going to take some – you had to find a way in which to replace it,” he said in an interview. 

The mitigation cost could amount to somewhere around $1-million dollars.

Draft drawings for the new wharf. (Town of Saint Andrews)



“So we need to get this plan approved somehow or we need to alter the plan to something that has less of a footprint on the floor of the ocean,” Henderson said. 

Henderson said the funding has been guaranteed through any outcome of an election, but says it is a bit frustrating to delay the project, especially given the involvement of the town’s engineers. 

He said if the project were to start now, it would impact the tourist season for 2025, which is one Saint Andrews biggest economic drivers. 

“The big concern about the project is we already have a weight restriction on our wharf and as this continues to be delayed, it is more of a risk that more weight restrictions could be imposed,” he said.

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  • Nathalie Sturgeon

    Nathalie Sturgeon is CHCO TV's senior producer and journalist. She joined the team in August 2024 and was formerly a digital broadcast journalist with Global News in New Brunswick. She has past experience as the editor of the Kings County Record in Sussex, N.B. She is from White Rapids, New Brunswick, just outside of Miramichi. She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in journalism from St. Thomas University in Fredericton. Nathalie is a strong supporter of local and community news -- and hopes to tell the most important stories for the people of Charlotte County and beyond.

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