Push on to protect Halifax with huge greenbelt
Group aims to limit urban sprawl
A certain word has been popping up more than usual lately in urban planning circles, but not everyone is sure they like it.
Greenbelt, or a big green swath around a city, is the term in question, and a push is underway for something resembling one surrounding Halifax Regional Municipality in order to stop sprawl.
“It’s getting very expensive to provide services to the outlying areas,” said Coun. Lorelei Nicoll (Cole Harbour).
The municipality didn’t meet its growth targets in the first five years of the regional plan. In 2006, the goal was to limit suburban growth to half the total growth. Instead, the municipality saw 56 per cent suburban growth, 28 per cent rural growth, and 16 per cent urban growth.
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