This Week’s Announcement About $ 11 million in Provincial Infrastructure Funding to Help Spur Home Construction in Perth and Wellington Counties has sparked from local citizens’ group.
This Week’s Announcement About $ 11 million in Provincial Infrastructure Funding to Help Spur Home Construction in Perth and Wellington Counties has sparked from local citizens’ group.
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Among the Funding Annouded Thursday by Perth-Wellington MPP MPP Matthew Rae Was $ 1.2 Million for Upgrades to Station Road in Sebringville, the Site of A Propting Housing Development of 302 Dwelling Units.
The Nearly $ 1.2 Million Earmarked for these upgrades Will Help with the Reconstruction of the Road and Facilitate the Construction of 265 Units, But Get in Perth County, Which is Fighting Against the Development, Voices its displeasure Over the Announce
“The Massive proposes DEVELOPMENT OF OVER 300 NEW HOMES IN A SMALL, UNSERVICED HAMLET Contravenes The Province’s OWN Provincial Planning Planning and Highlights Broader Challenges in the Ford Government’s Push for New Housing Development At Any Cost, Including at the Expense of Community Sustainability and , ”The Group Said in A Friday Statement.
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A Group Spokesperson, Adrienne Tling, Called on the Province to Redirect the Funding for Developments that Are More Appropriat for the Perth South Hamlet, Such as Infill and Accessory Dwelling Units.
“Let’s prioritize the creation of a more Complete Community by Providing Essential Amenities, Services and Infrastructure While Preserving Much-Needed Farmland and Our Historic Village Designation,” Tling Said.
The Group also Claims The New Housing, proposed by the baker planning group, “Would include Apartment Buildings and Townhomes with densities unpreceded AnyWhere in Perth County.
“Sebringville, Which Lacks Municipal Serviching, Adequate Infrastructure, Commercial Areas, Transit and Other Critical Amenities, is not equipped to support the proposed development – nor may it even be possible given water and sewage Constraints that are still the subject of an outstanding and much Delayed Environmental Assessment, “The Group’s Stamented.
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These comments Echo Those of Planner Jeff Henry of Waterloo-Based Arcadis Professional Services, who has been retained by the group. At a recent meeting of Around 100 Residents, Henry Questioned Whower the Propéd Development Could be Adequately Serviced with water and wastewater. Henry also suggested the development, if approved, could have negative impacts for those already living in this area of sebringville.
Get concerned with Perth County’s Battle Over the Development has been Noboing for Around A Year, and Ramed Up in June at Public Meeting where the County Decided to Delay the Decision On An Official Plan Amendment UNTIL The Environmental Assessment was completed. Originally set to be ready some time last summer or early fall, that assessment has yet to be released.
Resident Joe Totaro, Who Has Owned His House On Station Road for Nearly Five Decades, Said the Province Funding Road Improvements Before the Development is approved is “absurd.”
“It’s total Out of Context for our community, and i can be believe that mpp matthew rae is so out of touch with local constituent that he would have been been aware of all the concerns raised here by hungs of citizens and all the media Coverage, Unless the province is trying to force this awful development on us Along with the Developer, ”He Said.
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