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Old Posted Mar 4, 2008, 1:23 AM
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Re: the Southside Hills, I think they have studied it, and concluded it is mostly unsuitable for development, with very steep slopes at high elevations. No doubt sometime in the future development might become feasable. The Southside would need new road connections, as the present one couldn't handle high traffic. If you look at satelite photos you will see that much of the land behind is very rugged; there's also two watersheds to the south. The same goes for the White Hills (too steep), and also is near the landfill. Also, the Windsor Lake watershed goes from east of Portugal Cove Rd to west of Thorburn Road. When you go north, development is restricted by the airport.

IMO, in 50 years or so the most suitable land on the Northeast Avalon will be built out (mostly developed) if growth continues, as the city sits on a mostly hilly peninsula which is not more than 10 km wide in the northern part, with some of the land to the south consisting of barrens or bog.

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