St. John's has power to curb motorcycle noise, Davis says

Service NL minister sees no need for provincial action on downtown city problem

Service NL Minister Paul Davis says he doesn't think province-wide action is necessary to address what is primarily a St. John's problem — excessive motorcycle noise in the city's downtown.

In fact, Davis says, city council has the power to deal with the matter itself.

“Under the City of St. John's Act, it appears to me to clearly give council the authority to regulate and prohibit the use of noisy vehicles in the streets,” Davis told CBC News.

“So they have the authority to do this in St. John's. I'm not sure why they haven’t done it yet.” READ ON