The Stuartburn Reeve is hoping 2020 will yield solutions to a number of ongoing problems in his rural municipality.

David Kiansky says the area is home to dozens of endangered plant species which make certain pieces of farmland illegal to cultivate. Rather than resist existing preservation laws, Kiansky hopes to partner with the local conservation department instead.

“I’d like to see them fund the landowners for the acreage that these plants are on so we can use it as a tourist attraction,” states the Reeve. “I would prefer not to have any arguments about this but rather try and find a solution that makes it advantageous to our RM.”

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Another issue that readily comes to Kiansky’s mind is the matter of weight restrictions on Provincial Road 201.

“Right now we have 11 miles through the RM of Stuartburn that has a 60 KG limit in the springtime and it stops progress in our area.”

Kiansky says he has already partnered with the neighboring municipalities of Emerson-Franklin and Piney to bring these worries to the Provincial Government. He notes the region’s MLA, Dennis Smook, has begun advocating for infrastructure improvements.

“We’ve had a discussion there and I am pretty confident things will happen.”

The year also holds a few additional concerns that are not unique to Stuartburn. Kiansky says those include paying for the expensive emergency fleetnet radio system; a mandatory purchase for all municipalities, and dealing with the spring melt which, he says, still poses a significant flood threat despite the season’s lack of snow.

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