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Ontario's Anti-Sprawl Plans

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
29 October 2004 - 3:00pm

Ontario, Canada, plans to curb urban sprawl with a new growth management strategy.

"Along with protecting the greenbelt, the government plans to use the locations of sewer and water lines, highways and transit routes along with electricity transmission lines to direct growth into specific centres rather than following growth where developers choose to build homes and businesses and shopping centres.

The strategy to control and direct urban growth has national implications, partly because federal money will help build the transit corridors and partly because it follows a similar strategy that has shaped the growth of the Vancouver area."

Full Story: Ontario to curb urban sprawl
Source: The Globe and Mail, October 29, 2004
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And many of us – the majority, in fact – find ourselves living in a drive-only landscape, where we must burn gas even to reach a transit stop, if one exists.
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