Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph

[danbrotherston]

Dan, the Region of Waterloo side (Woolwich Township) has a lot of protections in place and has its growth plans in place for the next 15 years.  It doesn't envision cheap tracts of unsustainable greenfield housing along a new highway 7.  I'm less familiar with the Guelph side.  

Of course, all of this is silly anyway because its not like the new highway is this massive draw in an area where nobody would want to live otherwise.  The development pressures of the area in question are based on huge demographic pressures that exist even without a new highway.  In the medium-long term there will obviously be more development - because the area is going to keep growing.

Ignoring the relationship between a transportation system and development *is* the mistake that we've been making for decades. But it seems I'm not going to convince you of that here.