No road to nowhere for Kuujjuaq

Kuujjuaq plans to get its streets and house numbers in order.

And the road leading out of town, known now as “Dump Road,” will assume a more elegant name: Aqpik Road, in honour of its route through berry picking areas.

During Kuujjuaq’s recent municipal council meeting, the town decided to adopt a unified system of identifying buildings in the community.

This is important, said Mayor Larry Watt, so emergency response will become easier and development will be more streamlined.

At present, although most streets have names, building numbers appear to be almost random, with 128 on one side of the town, and 129 on the other.

The plan is to group numbers, such as 1 to 100 or 400 to 500, by sector, with even numbers on one side of the street and odd ones on the other. No two buildings in town will have the same number.

The municipality will assign the new numbers to the buildings, owners will remove existing numbers and new ones at least 6 inches or 15 cm high, black on a white background, will be installed on the front of the house.