There are several reasons…

There are several reasons why I oppose the proposed housing development of the Millcroft golf course in Burlington, Ontario.

1) One of the reasons is the drainage issue in the Millcroft Community. This is a well documented issue in the area. The environmental sensitivity of the area is also well documented by other commentators and should be of one of the primary reasons for this project proposal to be denied.

2) There are a number of original owners who paid a premium fee to the developers to back onto the green space and golf course. Those same homeowners are faced with the possibility of losing their green space that they paid a premium for. They will face months of infill building, machinery, workers, parking issues, street congestion, noise, dust, the list goes on. Instead of the green space they paid a premium for, if the proposed development is approved, they will now be looking into the building directly behind them.

3) One of the proposed sites required two homes to be knocked down and pools removed to allow for a roadway to Millcroft Park Drive. This section is heavily travelled and in very close proximity to elementary schools. A traffic nightmare and significant safely concern during construction. Again, also significantly changing the traffic, and the conditions that the current owners will need to live under if approved. Infilling in the community at this level is unprecedented and unacceptable.

4) The properties that back onto the proposed development sites value will be impacted . Houses that back onto green space and the golf course have historically paid a premium for those green space views. The proposed development will negatively affect the value of those properties. For example, when we purchased in the neighborhood 25 years ago, homes that backed onto the golf course were a minimum of $100,000 more than the other homes in the area.

5) The schools are at capacity.

6) Three elementary schools and two secondary schools are attended by the students in this area. All the congestion, machinery, traffic and dust and dirt. Make for unsafe conditions for children and their parents to navigate the already busy secondary roads.

It is beyond me how a developer could be permitted to destroy green space, impact the flooding zone in a negative way and turn an entire community into a construction zone.

I believe the Millcroft Community and the City of Burlington have presented a compelling and excellent case for requesting the bad development project to be denied. It is my hope that clarity and sound judgment against this development will prevail.