Harbour Road plan

Harbour Road plans the focus of open houses

Times Colonist
Published: Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Two open houses giving a preview of what the Harbour Road waterfront neighbourhood could look like are scheduled this month, with the first one set for today.

The city of Victoria will adopt design guidelines to direct future industrial development along the waterfront and a draft of those guidelines will be on view at the open houses.

The guidelines take into consideration views, neighbourhood esthetics, placement of buildings and landscaping. The goal is to create harmony among the varied uses arising in the neighborhood that includes the Dockside Green development and will continue to have industrial uses.

Today's open house runs from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Victoria City Hall with the presentation portions set for 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

A second open house is scheduled for Oct. 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with presentations at 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Attendees can review and discuss the draft design guidelines and use an interactive computer model to assess the potential impacts of future development.

City council will use public input to form guidelines expected to be adopted in November.

© Times Colonist (Victoria) 2007

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Kim Westad, Times Colonist
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