06-23-2016, 09:43 AM
I said that stations in areas like Breslau undermine provincial growth goals, and that Woolwich’s Breslau growth plan detracts from them. (I only point that out because you put quotation marks around undermine). It probably does, but that doesn’t mean it contravenes any planning document.
Places to Grow calls for a minimum of 40% of residential development to occur within existing built-up areas. How much development can occur outside of these areas is a function of how much total development happens, but rapid development in a place like Breslau makes it more difficult to meet that requirement under Places to Grow.
And building a station in a greenfield location such as Breslau promotes development there, outside of the designated built-up areas. That’s what jwilliamson was alluding to, and he’s right that a station in Breslau ultimately makes meeting the Places to Grow (and other) intensification targets more difficult.
I’m less than certain about massive development in and around Breslau, but it’s likely, and you’re right that the Go station wouldn’t be built before that happens.
Places to Grow calls for a minimum of 40% of residential development to occur within existing built-up areas. How much development can occur outside of these areas is a function of how much total development happens, but rapid development in a place like Breslau makes it more difficult to meet that requirement under Places to Grow.
And building a station in a greenfield location such as Breslau promotes development there, outside of the designated built-up areas. That’s what jwilliamson was alluding to, and he’s right that a station in Breslau ultimately makes meeting the Places to Grow (and other) intensification targets more difficult.
I’m less than certain about massive development in and around Breslau, but it’s likely, and you’re right that the Go station wouldn’t be built before that happens.