02-11-2015, 08:54 PM
(02-11-2015, 08:26 PM)YKF Wrote:(02-11-2015, 01:33 AM)MacBerry Wrote: Maybe one day the Region will be known as the "Quad Cities" made up of Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Guelph.
They are destined to grow toward each other with contiguous boundaries connecting all four cities.
With the Provincial Policy Statement, Places to Grow Act, Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, Waterloo Region Official Plan (currently under appeal), and a provincial government in Greenbelt expansion mode, I think it's safe to say that Waterloo Region and Guelph won't be growing towards each other anytime soon.
Never say never. Long term, the Region seems to have a preference for eastside growth versus westside growth. Thomasfield Homes has applied for an amendment to the current Regional Official Policies Plan (current "ROPP" still in effect - not the new "ROP" before the OMB) to continue growth easterly to past Belgian Nursery/Memorial Gardens. Maybe post 2031, we will be considering planning proposals out to Shantz Station. This does not include the Region's master environmental servicing studies currently ongoing for North Cambridge.
To the dismay of developers, the Region has taken a hard stance and drew the Countryside Line right through southwest Kitchener. Through the ROP appeal, if the Region gets their way, southwest Kitchener (i.e. Trussler Road/New Dundee Road/Plains Road) will permanently stay rural, while pushing KW's growth to spill into Woolwich Township and North Cambridge around the airport.
Anyone ever noticed that massive water-main pipe sticking out of the ditch of Kossuth Road at the new roundabout?......