Green space - questions about commitment
I've already mentioned the green corridor and green space planning in the postings above, which praises Ken Oblik and his vision (see photo above).However, there remain some major areas for which we do not yet have adequate answers.
The thin dotted line in the photo above does not give a lot of confidence in the nature and size of the linear parks envisioned. I was told by a Ladco representative that for the southern part of the area, they envisage the western corridor to be about 60 meters wide. However, we don't have firm commitments in what was presented here.
For the northern half of the region, it remains unclear how serious the commitment of the NDP provincial government and its Manitoba Housing corporation is in ensuring green space. I heard discussions which suggest that part of the northern section might just have a very narrow foot path rather than anything more meaningful in terms of a green corridor. Surely, this plan should have been released before the legislative session ended and before the by-election ended so that candidates could have been quizzed on their views. With an earlier release, the NDP could have also been questioned in Question Period in the Legislature.


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