Amendments to the by-law governing traffic, parking and use of streets

Aug 23, 2022

The Edmundston City Council has adopted an amendment to the municipal by-law governing traffic, parking and use of streets in order to resolve certain anomalies and enforcement problems.

The amended by-law includes the following two changes:

• Principale Street, between the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation boundary and Edgar Street - the maximum speed limit will be increased to 50 km/hr
• Route 144, between Chemin du Large and the municipal limit - the maximum speed limit will increase to 80 km/h

Motorists will see two other changes to signage, although the speed changes were adopted some time ago. These are as follows:

• Saint-François Street in the Verret sector - the speed limit is 60 km/h from the northern municipal limits to Rossignol Road
• Mont-Farlagne Road in the Saint-Jacques sector - the maximum speed limit from the Rivière-à-la-Truite bridge to the end of the road is 50 km/h

The first and second readings of the draft amendment took place in July. The new speed limit signs will be installed in the next few days.

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CONTACT: Gary Cyr, Road Coordinator, Public Works Department, 506.739.2103