In 1999, we signed an agreement with the federal government. The City of Shannon acquired national defence's road, water and waste water infrastructure. I'll spare you the technical details. The municipality became responsible for that. Funds were transferred. At the time, in 1999, it worked. Today, we're negotiating with the real estate operations unit to try to review the agreement so that it better reflects the municipality's challenges.
That said, these 1,100 units being built means that within five years, the town will have 1,100 new units, because they will be on my territory. Obviously, national defence is building them, but it doesn't consult me about where they're going to be built. I'm also not consulted on permits or the structures. National defence was spared all of that.
As far as I'm concerned, that's a good thing. I'm ready to see the municipality grow. I'm ready to take on this responsibility, and I see it as a positive thing. However, we need to talk to each other. There have to be committees.
Currently, traffic is already a problem on the Route de la Bravoure. I have one exit, but access to the military base has already been restricted. I understand that there are security-related imperatives, and I'm perfectly comfortable with that, except that, since every person has to show identification, you can imagine how long the lineup is to get into the base in the morning. That creates bottlenecks. So, if we add 1,100 housing units, you understand the impact that will have.
There are three schools, including two elementary schools, one English-language and one French-language. In 2025, I was told that the French-language school would probably be over capacity by 2026. Now, I'm told that 1,100 housing units are coming. Have I discussed this with national defence so that we can meet these children's needs? I don't want to take children out of Shannon and send them to another school. Do you understand? That's a problem.
I'm not negative, on the contrary. However, have we planned for all that?