Proposed garage extension could relocate Resolute Bay baseball field – Nunatsiaq News
Aug 6, 2024
Hamlet’s parking garage extension plans encroach upon recreational space
A plan to expand Resolute Bay’s municipal parking garage by relocating the community’s baseball field has raised the ire of at least one resident.
The High Arctic hamlet of roughly 200 residents was approved for $520,000 from the territorial government to support the planning phase of a four-bay extension to its existing two-bay garage, said interim chief administrative officer Ian Dudla.
The plans are to build a covered parking lot and heated storage space for municipal vehicles such as water and sewage service trucks.
The need for an extended parking garage goes back to at least 2021, in Resolute Bay’s 2021-22 infrastructure plan. The report highlighted the “increased risk of vandalism” and “decreased life expectancy” of municipal vehicles left outdoors due to lack of proper storage.
