Please spread the word about this
Public
hearings will be held at the Monday evening council this January 20
regarding the Township's development proposal for the former sewage
treatment site between Bertrand Creek and the Abbotsford border. The
address is 27540 28th Avenue. The site is now used as a water treatment
site and is also the location of the Aldergrove weather
station..Township has deemed most of the property to
be surplus and has applied through an agent for the land to be
subdivided into sixty-one single-family lots. The southern portion of
the development
would mean cutting down a large part of the forest on the property.
Local
residents have organized a petition asking Council to scrap the twenty
lots that would impact on the forest. We need people to come out to the
hearings to show their support for the local neighbourhood. Aldergrove
and Langley at large should not be loosing any of our rare urban
forests. Although setbacks from the ecologically sensitive Bertrand
Creek have been provided for under the plan building near the Creek
should be approached with caution. I hope you will attend the hearings.
This will be the last chance for the public to weigh in on this issue.
As in days past please wear green to show your support for the cause.
Just so there is no confusion this is not about the Glen Valley forests
which were for sale by Township and have since been spared.
If you are unable to attend in person please consider signing the electronic petition at http://www.change.org/
If you are unsure about what you could write or how to word what you’d like to express, e-mail ecological-footprint@outlook.
can sign and forward to legservicesinfo@tol.ca.)
You can find contact information for Mayor and Councillors here.
This is not the only forest that is could be threatened by Township's decisions this year so stay tuned for further news.
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