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[Mike K.]

Yeah, View Royal has made a serious mess of that intersection.

[AllseeingEye]

They better have a traffic plan; I was at VGH last week and traffic is a s*** show out there as it is.....

[Victoria Watcher]

You mean people aren’t biking to the hospital to see loved ones?

[AllseeingEye]

/\ Apparently many folks haven't got the "message" yet....

[Citified.ca]

A rendering of a four-storey, 61-unit purpose-built rental proposal for 7701 East Saanich Road in Central Saanich. The project is planned with residences in studio through three-bedroom layouts, and if approved, will replace an aging collection of ten townhomes.

 

Citified profile: https://victoria.cit...t-saanich-road/

 

Ten rentals could turn into 61 if Central Saanich proposal gets green light

https://victoria.cit...ts-green-light/

[Victoria Watcher]

Saanich council has given initial approval to a rezoning and development application for a nine-unit townhouse project on two lots currently home to single-family homes off Shelbourne Street.

 

The Abstract Developments project, which will see nine three-storey townhomes built at 1661 and 1663 Freeman Ave., won’t go through a public hearing.

 

Coun. Karen Harper said the townhouses are “absolutely consistent with” the Shelbourne Valley action plan, created through a more than an eight-year public engagement process.

“I do believe in public engagement, but I also believe that once we’ve had that public engagement, we should acknowledge it. And the plan is in place now. And these townhomes are part of that plan.”

 

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The only councillor to vote against the initial approval was Nathalie Chambers, who argued that just because a projects fits within the OCP doesn’t mean it should avoid a public hearing.

Coun. Colin Plant noted the public could still have its say on the project when it comes back to council for first reading.

 

“If residents in the chamber and residents watching online feel that we’ve made a mistake and that this should have a public hearing, send us correspondence, reach out to us, call us,” he said. “I don’t think it’s accurate to say that we are trying to shut people out from the chambers.”

 

 

https://www.timescol...lbourne-7113623

 

 

 

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, Today, 06:09 PM.

[Nparker]

...I don’t think it’s accurate to say that we are trying to shut people out from the chambers....

Then schedule a public hearing.