** Take note that in each of these 'options' the population will
be over 30,000 people. The low density Subdivision option has a very similar planned
population level when compared with the other two options. That should indicate the Township's overriding motive - target tax base for the area.
They probably started this whole thing with something like this (think: meeting with the smoking man in X Files)...
(Gruff voice) 'We need 35,000 more tax payers in Langley! (pause as cigar smoke dissipates...)
(Young enthusiastic voice) Well Sir., how about Brookswood, we can put them all there??
(Gruff voice) Great idea ____________! All they have there is trees and they don't vote! (looking appreciatively at his young protégé) ____________ I knew there was a reason why we brought you on board! Now let's talk about your commission...'
A man in a shadowed corner from the real estate consulting company silently smiles and his nervous fingers twitch...
Oh the nefarious drama of it all.
I also find it interesting that the lowest density (Subdivision) option will end up developing the whole darn area! That is with the exception of that pesky ALR thing. At least the area will then be developed and done with, for you just know that with the other two options they aren't going to stop with just 'nodes' and 'pockets' - interesting choice of words btw, sounds better than 'clots' and 'cavities'. Oh, it's fun to spin.
And as Mr. Tinney indicated at the October info session: "Development can actually be good for the aquifer." So all this impending development IS good news! Yeah!!
Subdivision" would Extend the suburban style of density south, with lots staying roughly around 10,000 square feet. Population would be about 33,650, and parts of southeast-ern Brookswood and Fernridge would retain lower density.
**Note: 10,000 square foot lots are easier to subdivide in the future.
Enhanced Centres" would see pockets of multifamily, including condos and townhouses, at the existing commercial nodes, at 200th Street and 208th Street on 40th Avenue, and at 32nd and 24th Avenues on 200th. This would leave larger areas with low density, with 44 per cent of land with half-acre or larger lots. Population would be about 32,000.
Centres and corridors" would use the same style of nodes, but would add higher density along parts of 200th Street heading north-south, and along smaller stretches of 24th and 32nd Avenues. Population would be about 36,000.
It's like you're buying a car or something. Except in this case the smiling salespeople back at the dealership aren't going to listen when something bad develops....
They probably started this whole thing with something like this (think: meeting with the smoking man in X Files)...
(Gruff voice) 'We need 35,000 more tax payers in Langley! (pause as cigar smoke dissipates...)
(Young enthusiastic voice) Well Sir., how about Brookswood, we can put them all there??
(Gruff voice) Great idea ____________! All they have there is trees and they don't vote! (looking appreciatively at his young protégé) ____________ I knew there was a reason why we brought you on board! Now let's talk about your commission...'
A man in a shadowed corner from the real estate consulting company silently smiles and his nervous fingers twitch...
Oh the nefarious drama of it all.
I also find it interesting that the lowest density (Subdivision) option will end up developing the whole darn area! That is with the exception of that pesky ALR thing. At least the area will then be developed and done with, for you just know that with the other two options they aren't going to stop with just 'nodes' and 'pockets' - interesting choice of words btw, sounds better than 'clots' and 'cavities'. Oh, it's fun to spin.
And as Mr. Tinney indicated at the October info session: "Development can actually be good for the aquifer." So all this impending development IS good news! Yeah!!
Subdivision" would Extend the suburban style of density south, with lots staying roughly around 10,000 square feet. Population would be about 33,650, and parts of southeast-ern Brookswood and Fernridge would retain lower density.
**Note: 10,000 square foot lots are easier to subdivide in the future.
Enhanced Centres" would see pockets of multifamily, including condos and townhouses, at the existing commercial nodes, at 200th Street and 208th Street on 40th Avenue, and at 32nd and 24th Avenues on 200th. This would leave larger areas with low density, with 44 per cent of land with half-acre or larger lots. Population would be about 32,000.
Centres and corridors" would use the same style of nodes, but would add higher density along parts of 200th Street heading north-south, and along smaller stretches of 24th and 32nd Avenues. Population would be about 36,000.
It's like you're buying a car or something. Except in this case the smiling salespeople back at the dealership aren't going to listen when something bad develops....
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