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Originally Posted by phil235
I find this kind of comment to be equally extreme to the NIMBY comments. I think we established that the park is used, and how exactly is it “downtrodden”?
Anyone supporting intensification should also be supporting amenities like neighbourhood parks. Otherwise intensification doesn’t work. I don’t know that this is actually going to be out of commission for 7 years, but if so that is too long for a neighbourhood that is going to have several thousand new residents
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Supporting intensification means supporting increasing the park size not fighting to keep it the same. If the school has to be moved to another part of the site it means longer access roads for Bus drop off space. or was the idea that the school not be built at this site at all? in which case fine that does leave alot of room for more towers & housing....
The greenspace will increase by ~170% (not counting the greenspace in Village area), with the park itself increasing by ~116%.
The locals could be as easily fighting to get guarantees that the old park isn't closed until the new park is opened but as others have eluded to, there goal is likely just to stop the dev in its entirety...you know BANANAS.