Provincial land called 'tremendous opportunity' for development to remain mostly vacant
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NDP Leader Claudia Chender, who represents the area, said it was a more suitable place to build new homes than land the Houston government has fast-tracked for development outside serviced areas of the city, such as Sandy Lake, near Bedford.
She called it "deeply confusing" to push to develop on an environmentally sensitive area, without basics such as sewer and water, and not develop provincially owned land in the heart of the city.
"There is environmental remediation is required, but all of the other developers on that lot are able to do it," said Chender. "King's Wharf, next door, was able to do it."
"As for rising sea levels, I actually think that's specious," she said. "They won't pass the Coastal Protection Act, and yet they won't create housing for 1,000 people in downtown Dartmouth because it's close to Dartmouth Cove, which has been a working harbour for centuries. I just don't accept that."