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Originally Posted by Keith P.
Keep in mind that the “Friends of Dartmouth Cove” or whatever the activist group is called is a pretty extreme sort of bunch who want no development there at all (despite it formerly being a shipyard site) and want the usual parkland/recreational sort of uses. Seems like a no-win situation.
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Against my better judgement I’ll take the bait here. The former shipyard site is at King’s Wharf, which is not the area under discussion. Few people have any objection to that development, nor to other developments on the existing land in Dartmouth Cove. Easily thousands of units can and will be created in those areas. For most the fight against ARCP isn’t about blocking construction in the area. The issue is the continued existence of the trail, which was a rare amenity given to the local community when the sewage treatment plant was constructed towards Woodside. If ARCP’s infilling proceeds, access will be blocked intermittently, and with no clear path to development of the new land there’s a good chance of it remaining an eyesore for the foreseeable future and making it a much less pleasant place to walk. And again, there’s no shortage of opportunity sites in the vicinity - the infilling isn’t necessary to meet demand for housing in Dartmouth. I’m sure opinion will vary, but if the city’s proposal is more limited infilling to facilitate the proposed emergency access route, I expect the community will be more receptive. With the benefit of hindsight, the city messed up by not procuring the water lot adjacent to the trail for what likely would have been peanuts.
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