David James Sutton Scene - May 28 2016
Council will hold an extraordinary meeting on Monday at 17h when it is expected to to allow promoter Louis Beauregard to squeeze a substandard road and multiple buildings on subsized lots, plus water pipes & sewer drains into a narrow strip of land that neighbours say is prone to flooding and encroaches on wetland along the Sutton River.
At an extraordinary meeting on May 17, urbanism director Réal Girard provided details of the project. Despite projecting a plan that was very difficult to make sense of and reading from a text, which was shared with the six councilors present and the five members of the administration, no materials were provided to the some 50 citizens present. Given the obvious environmental concerns, one would reasonably expect Mr. Girard to use colours to indicate key aspects of the project and environmental elements such as the Sutton River, the high water mark, wetlands, and historically flooded areas. But no. Some of that perspective came days later when a concerned citizen, Jean Gaudet, superimposed the project plan on to an enhanced MRC aerial survey photo.
Some of that perspective came days later when a concerned citizen, Jean
Gaudet, superimposed the project plan on to an enhanced MRC aerial
survey photo.
Blue line is
Sutton River
Yellow lines
are wetlands.
Red lines
represent lots.
Black line
rectangles are
buildings on
the lots
Proposed road
is grey. Its end
has a ‘T’ form
rather than a
turning circle
which
emergency
vehicles and
driverless cars
prefer.
A turning circle
may reduce
building space
The lime green
oval, towards
the bottom, is
earmarked for
future development.
To see the versions of the aerial surveys, click
After receiving Sutton council’s go ahead, the project must be approved by the MRC, as explained in La Voix de l’Est article.
Links/Liens
Sutton Scene May 15, 2016
Ducks Unlimited: Canadian Wetland Inventory
Council will hold an extraordinary meeting on Monday at 17h when it is expected to to allow promoter Louis Beauregard to squeeze a substandard road and multiple buildings on subsized lots, plus water pipes & sewer drains into a narrow strip of land that neighbours say is prone to flooding and encroaches on wetland along the Sutton River.
At an extraordinary meeting on May 17, urbanism director Réal Girard provided details of the project. Despite projecting a plan that was very difficult to make sense of and reading from a text, which was shared with the six councilors present and the five members of the administration, no materials were provided to the some 50 citizens present. Given the obvious environmental concerns, one would reasonably expect Mr. Girard to use colours to indicate key aspects of the project and environmental elements such as the Sutton River, the high water mark, wetlands, and historically flooded areas. But no. Some of that perspective came days later when a concerned citizen, Jean Gaudet, superimposed the project plan on to an enhanced MRC aerial survey photo.
Some of that perspective came days later when a concerned citizen, Jean
Gaudet, superimposed the project plan on to an enhanced MRC aerial
survey photo.
Blue line is
Sutton River
Yellow lines
are wetlands.
Red lines
represent lots.
Black line
rectangles are
buildings on
the lots
Proposed road
is grey. Its end
has a ‘T’ form
rather than a
turning circle
which
emergency
vehicles and
driverless cars
prefer.
A turning circle
may reduce
building space
The lime green
oval, towards
the bottom, is
earmarked for
future development.To see the versions of the aerial surveys, click
After receiving Sutton council’s go ahead, the project must be approved by the MRC, as explained in La Voix de l’Est article.
Links/Liens
Sutton Scene May 15, 2016
Ducks Unlimited: Canadian Wetland Inventory
