04-13-2024, 10:28 AM
(04-13-2024, 01:36 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: Continuing to talk about the benefits, does not actually acknowledge the harms. And yes, another city will no doubt be willing to pave their farm land...and they will incur the harms instead of us as well.
Like...we either believe that sprawl is bad or we don't. This is sprawl.
It's also clearly unnecessary as Bytor points out there are already lands within the boundary that could satisfy whatever this is.
As for how the economy is doing...why do you feel the economy is doing "quite poor". Relying too much on the tech industry is fragile...just as relying too much on manufacturing was before. But last time I checked the economy was doing fine...fragile is not the same as "poorly". So has something changed?
Sure it is sprawl but the truth is there is no where to build something that large within the existing countryside line which would natural mean more sprawl, the area that Bytor points out is already being developed with warehouses, you have the entire iPort complex going in along Allendale Rd you also have everything along Boychuk Dr and Intermarket Rd. Plus everything that is already approved for that area.
This is the entire iPort complex which takes up practically the entire Middle Block Rd/Fountain/Allendale/Intermarket Rd block.
Then down around Boychuk/Intermarket you also have a pile of stuff approved (Creekside Phase 2, IP park phase 1) so the truth of the matter is that entire block that Bytor pointed out is already being developed.
Now sure there is additional lands in Cambridge to the north of Toyota and East of Loblaws, however there is also a wetland in there which means one can only really fit some smaller warehouses and manufacturing space in there. Certainly not something that is going to need 700+ acres of land, hence why the region is looking outside of the country side line. Sure one could argue that putting it close to all the existing industrial in Cambridge makes sense, or even by the airport, but there just isn't the magnitude of land required for whatever the Region is doing in the existing built up area.