Budget Talks Underway, Today

Regional Councillors started budget talks at City Hall in Sydney this morning.

Council was presented with a draft capital budget first.

Highlights include 6.2 million dollars for repaving local roads, $2.4 million for repaving collector roads and half a million dollars for sidewalks.

The draft budget proposes setting aside 150-thousand dollars for paving gravel, J class roads with an equal contribution from the province.

Budget talks have been scheduled to run until Friday, if necessary.

Bobby Nock

Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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