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Nova Scotia has approved work to begin in a handful of special planning areas in the Halifax Regional Municipality — including Sandy Lake in Bedford — where site preparation work was given the green light without development plans in place.
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work → approve → place
That work includes tree removal, blasting and earthwork.
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work → include → removal
While a multi-unit neighbourhood is planned for the area, there are no approved designs yet and further public consultation is needed.
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consultation → plan → area
“It’s really bad planning, because why clear a site before you have the final design?” said Karen McKendry, the Ecology Action Centre’s senior wilderness outreach coordinator.
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McKendry → ’ → design
“You end up destroying more old-growth forest and wetlands and streams than you have to.”
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you → end → forest
The provincial government approved the projects last month, with a goal of increasing housing stock.
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government → approve → stock
In the case of Sandy Lake, the approvals were also meant to ease traffic and congestion on Hammonds Plains Road.
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approvals → mean → Road
But McKendry says she feels this isn’t good planning.
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this → say → ?
“Sandy Lake is one example of 16 where this ‘cart before the horse’ approach is being used.
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approach → use → horse
So destroy the environment first, figure out things later is terrible environmental planning,” she said.
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she → destroy → things
“Also, not including the public in decision making about the city is wrong.”
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including → include → city
She added on top of the environmental impact, sprawling development is also more expensive.
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development → add → impact
Local councillor Kathryn Morse shares the sentiment, especially given the recent approval of a multi-unit development along Kearney Lake Road.
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Morse → share → Road
“With the special-planning areas, I don’t feel we’re just doing good community planning,” said Morse.
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Morse → feel → planning
“That we’re just building housing without all of the infrastructure and the social infrastructure that should be around it.
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that → build → it
Speaking to reporters last week, Housing Minister John White said the Sandy Lake project is about looking ahead to address traffic and housing struggles in the area.
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project → speak → area
“What we’re doing here is, we are looking at it from a community perspective overall and we’re looking at what is the future build of that area,” he said on Oct. 29.
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he → do → Oct.
But Morse notes planning and development should remain in the hands of the municipality.
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planning → note → municipality
“When the province overrides all these things, I think we’re getting more expensive development and not necessarily the best long-term development for the city and for residents,” she said.
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she → override → residents
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