Aurora lands residential planning must come with protection: Nose Creek Preservation Society [Video]

A popular environmental hot spot for residents in the city’s northeast is at the centre of a major overhaul.

The Aurora Lands Area Structure Plan, initially developed in 2008, was to pave the way for industrial and maintenance businesses eventually but the city’s priorities have changed.

Now, officials want to designate the area for residential development.

“There was a lot of thought that went into the drainage planning and recycling of water and green roofs on these industrial buildings,” said Andrew Yule, Nose Creek Preservation Society president.

“How do we translate that into the residential plans?”

Yule says the group wants protections for environmental species, especially along the creek.

“The city knows that this area would like to have more green space that surrounds the creek – have some balance between development and green space for our community,” Yule said.

“We are not an anti-development group. We just want to collaborate with that development.”

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