What does municipal government do?

In New Brunswick, municipal government, which is also called local government, is responsible for the following:

• Transportation (road, street, curb, and sidewalk construction & maintenance, snow management, etc.)
• Public transit (through the Regional Service Commission)
• Water and wastewater (pipes, lift stations, lagoons, etc.)
• Public safety (police, fire, animal control, by-law enforcement, emergency management)
• Garbage collection & recycling
• Parks & recreation services (sports fields, arenas, community centres, docks, pools, and so on)
• Civil order, noise, public nuisance, unsightly and/or dangerous premises
• Land use, planning, development, building inspection, and zoning

In Five Rivers, transportation services are the responsibility of the provincial government.