Renovations are being planned for the municipal office building on Rue de L’Hôtel de ville in Brownsburg, and for the building beside it which is currently a fire station.
On April 1, Brownsburg-Chatham council approved granting a contract for architectural and related professional services to CMPG Design-Construction of Vaudreuil-Dorion for $11,770 plus taxes for renovations to the fire station building. Director-General Jean-François Brunet said that when the fire department relocates to its new station being constructed on Montée La Branche, the municipal Recreation and Culture Department will move into the former fire station. Brunet said the department needs more space as its activities are increasing.
On April 1, council awarded a second contract to CMPG Design Construction for $31,030 plus taxes for architectural and related professional services for renovations which will be made to the municipal office building, partly because of the Recreation and Culture Department relocating to the fire station building. He said the workspace needs to be redesigned to better accommodate municipal employees and the cost of renovating the current municipal office building is preferable to spending millions of dollars on a completely new facility.
Reduced speed limit
Brownsburg-Chatham council has decided to temporarily reduce the speed limit on Rue St-Joseph in Brownsburg to 30 kilometres per hour. The residential street is currently experiencing heavier traffic because it is a detour route for traffic that would normally use the Pont Henri-Raby bridge on Rue Principale. The bridge has been closed since December due to its unsafe condition. The Québec transportation ministry is responsible for the bridge and is installing a temporary, one-way bridge, but heavy trucks will still have to use the detour.
