A 62-unit aging-in-place community is being proposed along Hampton Road in Quispamsis.
Judy Lane wants to construct a 33-unit apartment building and 29 garden homes.
Her proposed development came before council for a public hearing on Tuesday night.
A nurse by trade, Lane said there is a growing need for this sort of development.
“There’ll be property maintenance on-site as well as home support caregivers living on-site so that you can access home care when you need it,” she said.
Lane expects that the buildings would be constructed over eight-year period, starting with the garden homes.
There will be a total of 20 two-bedroom duplexes with attached garages, nine one-bedroom duplexes and the 33-unit apartment building.
Two duplexes would be built in the first year for a total of five dwelling units, followed by two duplex buildings each year. The apartment complex would be constructed in the eighth year.
A number of nearby residents attended Tuesday night’s public hearing and raised concerns about how the development would affect their wells.
“We just drilled our well about eight weeks ago. We’re at 525 feet to get enough water flow to sustain our household,” said Rob Belliveau, whose concerns were echoed by several others.
While the initial units will require wells at the beginning, town staff said they are planning to extend the municipal water system through the area.
Gary Losier, director of engineering and works for the town, said the work is expected to take place during the 2026 construction season.
“At its current proposal and what we’ve projected for the rest of the units on the Hampton Road, our system would be able to handle not just the Hampton Road growth, but we’ve also looked at side streets as well,” said Losier.
“Essentially, the well, the reservoir that we have, the capacity essentially would handle anything from Millennium Drive, the Cedar Ridge area, almost using Ritchie Lake as that boundary, the side hill.”
Council passed the first and second readings of the required rezonings following the hearing. The proposal is expected to come back for final approval early in the new year.
