Richmond News
Richmond city council plans to issue formal letters opposing the provincial government’s pressure to build up to eight-storey buildings on 11 single-family properties in Burkeville.
This topic was discussed during Tuesday’s general purposes committee meeting by council and the Sea Island Community Association. …
Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie described the province’s approach to densifying Burkeville as “ridiculous,” with Coun. Kash Heed calling it an “asinine decision.”
“We’ve not gained a lot of ground in terms of the province, but we are fairly unrelenting in this,” said Brodie.
“The province’s point of view is that they are not interested in the urban impacts of any situation. Notwithstanding they brought in one set of guidelines for the entire province and they think there’s not going to be any exceptions to that.
“It just doesn’t make sense. Obviously, we don’t accept that.” …