Dear Editor:
An open letter to Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott.
Once again I am writing to you to protest your government’s broken promise to not touch the environmentally sensitive Greenbelt for housing development. Your leader Doug Ford swore he would not touch this protected area.
The government already has enough land to build suitable affordable housing in areas already identified for development.
We are well aware that Ford’s developer friends and contributors bought up areas of land within the Greenbelt when Ford was first elected.
Now he wants to develop those areas. Using existing identified lands in urban areas requires no new investment in infrastructure, roads, etc. Urban planners agree that building up in existing cities and municipalities, not out and sprawl is where new citizens will want to locate. This is where the jobs are and public transportation is available.
Once again, as our representative you are silent on this issue. Please let me and your other constituents know where you stand on this issue.
Gregory Bowman,
Fergus