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Piece-meal approvals are alleged to put existing residences in jeopardy

The South March Highlands - Carp River Conservation group has published a lengthy post detailing the apparent irregularities related to planned development around Kizell Drain and Beaver Pond.

Phase I of an Environmental Assessment -- started three years late -- shows that existing homes in the area are at risk of flooding.

Please go to http://renaud.ca/wordpress/?p=1053

 
On January 18, 2010, as a private citizen, City of Ottawa water resources engineer Darlene Conway wrote to the Ontario Minister of the Environment and various MOE and other Provincial officials to document her concerns about the so-called "model of record" that is being employed in the ongoing infrastructure planning for development in and around Kanata West.
 

For years, Ted Cooper has put his job on the line trying to stop the City of Ottawa from permitting buildings on flood-prone land along the Carp River. Finally, the city listened.
(See our running thread on this issue: here)

Material received from the City re: RONA application (375 Didsbury Road) is posted below.

City planner Prescott MacDonald wrote on December 4, 2006:

(posted December 5)

Prescott McDonald
Planning and Infrastructure Approvals Branch
Planning, Transit and the Environment Department
110 Laurier Avenue West, 4th Floor East
Ottawa, ON
K1P 1J1

Please visit the Carp River main page!

Additional updates and commentary below.

Ever since Hurricane Hazel wrought havoc in Southern Ontario in October 1954, the Province's policies have been severely restrictive of development within flood plains, recognizing that doing so runs significant risks to public safety and property.