Work crews in New Brunswick have been installing new concrete pillars lining sidewalks and roads leading up to the legislature to try and stop any vehicle-driven terrorist attacks, but some say they won’t protect the building.

The concrete pillars were a recommendation by the federal department of Public Safety to stop any vehicles, potentially carrying bombs, to get close to the legislature. It comes after the attack in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014, when a man carrying a gun was able to drive up to the entrance of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in and storm inside.

The pillars go four-feet underground, and 123 of them will wrap around the legislative grounds with a decorative rod iron fence around each one. It’s one of many security measures the New Brunswick government is implementing, the others can't be revealed.

The price tag is $300,000 to $400,000, and some believe the pillars are a waste of money and that they take away from the esthetics of the surrounding legislative grounds.

"They’re a waste of time and money. If a terrorist wants to get in, they're going to get in, period," says one Fredericton resident.

"It always looked really nice here and I think it takes away from the look of it. And I have to agree, I don't think it's going to deter anybody that wants to get in," says another.

Some disagree, and say something needed to be done.

“I think it's a measure of prudence and due-diligence," says David Charters, who has studied and consulted on security measures. "If you didn't do it and somebody out of the blue did drive a vehicle onto the grounds and set off a bomb, people would ask questions."

New Brunswick isn't the only province that's taken its security to the next level. Nova Scotia’s legislature already has an iron fence on its grounds. Because of federal recommendations, ithas also improved lighting and added security cameras as well as other recommendations being kept secret.

“There's no question there has been security changes here, as there has been across the country,” says NS premier Stephen McNeil. “The incident that happened at Parliament Hill I think caused all assemblies across the country to have a look at security.”

Nova Scotia has spent about $105,000 on their security upgrades.

With files from CTV Atlantic’s Laura Brown