05-13-2017, 06:36 PM
(05-12-2017, 08:15 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Not sure if this is the appropriate thread, but I see that the Globe and Mail is reporting that, as part of its reforms to the OMB, the Province is planning to allow municipalities to bar challenges to approved developments near GO Transit, subway or light-rail stations (my bold) in order to support the goal of boosting density near transit lines.
In theory, this seems like great news, but I suspect that a few community associations in Kitchener and Waterloo will be on the phones to city councillors tomorrow morning....
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toro...e34979676/
Hey, even if this is a go (pun not intended), you'll still get those NIMBY's in full force, even if they're 25 metres from a line. And politicians do like to keep they're job enough to give developers a hard time. But it's a great idea and I hope it goes through. Really essential for the LRT's success to have lots of upbuild around the cities (also thinking Cambridge here) core and along the lines.
I think the region really has an excellent chance at becoming something pretty amazing over the next couple decades.