Defend the Regional Growth Strategy and Urban Containment Boundary

This petition was published by Rod Glover on Aug 09, 2007

IN REGARD TO the proposed amendment to the Regional Growth Strategy to extend the Regional Urban Containment and Servicing Area boundary in the District of Highlands:

WHEREAS the Capital Region’s rural areas and green spaces are critical to its liveability and sustainability; and

WHEREAS urban sprawl in the Capital Region, as everywhere, causes major negative consequences, including traffic and transportation problems, increased demand on limited water supplies, irreversible loss of green space, urbanization of rural communities, and destruction of natural beauty; and

WHEREAS the Regional Growth Strategy is a crucial tool for preserving and enhancing the liveability of the Capital Region; and

WHEREAS the proposed amendment to the Regional Growth Strategy would convert a substantial area of rural and green space to urban uses, would promote urban sprawl, and would undermine the authority and effectiveness of the Regional Growth Strategy,

WE THE UNDERSIGNED residents of the Capital Region call on our municipal and regional governments to reject this proposed amendment.

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