06-07-2018, 08:20 PM
(06-07-2018, 11:31 AM)chutten Wrote:(06-07-2018, 11:06 AM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: I invite anyone who doubts the impact of creating highway capacity on our ability to hold off on development to take a look at the unprotected land area between the triangle of Cambridge, Waterloo, and Guelph, and watch as the new highway 7 turns farms into subdivisions.
I too appreciate the pressure that tollways place on restricting sprawl, but at what point do we let the municipalities off the hook for permitting subdivisions to be built? Ultimately zoning is a local decision, not a Provincial one, no?
Outside of Breslau, what land can be subdivided, significantly, and turned into an urban sprawl situation. I don't think the highway will cut commute times for say Maryhill enough to kick start this there. I know historically this is what Highways do, produce development along its length, but I never considered this to be the case in this situation...... hmm. I have welcomed this highway. Given KW's limited access to 401 (homer watson, 8) I view this development as not only better link for the transportation of people and goods between the region and Guelph but as an alternate route to Toronto/Hamilton for when accidents occur on the aforementioned 8 and Homer Watson. I honestly think this will not turn farmland into subdivisions. That`s my hypothesis. I just hope Smart Centres does not put another one of their crap developments north of Breslau.