Monthly Archives: August 2009

City’s waterfront info leaves you in the dark

Because you’ve made Burlington’s waterfront plan an issue, the campaign is starting to influence City Hall. The city issued a “Vision for Old Lakeshore Road” and a press release in which the downtown councillor calls highrise buildings that destroy heritage in the area – in exchange for a one-block waterfront path – “reasonable and careful” development.

But until they are more transparent about the plan’s details and implications, we have much to do.

“Extensive” waterfront consultation consists of 2 meetings + 62 people

Those of us raising concerns about development on Old Lakeshore Road on our waterfront that would add highrises and take out heritage buildings, have been told the public was already “extensively consulted” – and that no consensus emerged.
Consultation went “above and beyond” what the Planning Act requires, we have been told, although the Act sets [...]