Subdivision transportation review sought
City council to be asked to pre-commit to funding for review after concerns raised at Ashborough Village public meeting
City council will be asked to precommit funding for a transportation review of the area surrounding a new 707-home subdivision planned for east of the Liftlock Golf Club to address concerns raised at a public meeting earlier this month.
The study will be part of a broader examination of everything from Lansdowne Street to Nassau Mills Road, including movement across the TrentSevern Waterway, city subdivision control and special projects planner Bad Appleby said.
The idea was raised at an Aug. 2 public meeting at Living Hope Church concerning Ashborough Village, the development proposed for east of Ashburnham Drive, when city staff were not yet able to provide a timeline.
If council pre-commits to the funding during a general committee meeting next Monday, the work could be done next year, Appleby said.
The city also announced changes Monday to the draft requirements to address concerns about stormwater management – another hot topic from the meeting.
As part of the subdivision agreement, the city will acquire a block of property south of Old Norwood Road currently owned by the developer to address offsite stormwater management
concerns raised by residents who live north of the planned subdivision.
That will allow the municipality to implement improvements by directing water to the newly acquired property, subject to the approval of the Otonabee Region Conservation Authority,
Appleby said. “We are looking at ways to address that.”
Several people raised the issue at the meeting, but for many, the issue pre-exists the proposed development, he pointed out.
The area around Naish Dr. is outside the proposed area for subdivision – and therefore the
city’s responsibility, not the developer’s.
A full staff report on the draft plan of subdivision application for Ashborough Village will be released at www.peterborough.ca on Thursday.
It will go before the general committee on Monday, when residents will have the opportunity to address councillors on the matter.
City council will consider the item at its Sept. 10 meeting.
The plans for Ashborough Village include 501 houses, 56 townhouses and 150 apartments, as well as commercial space.
YiZheng Ltd. is the Chinabased applicant.
The developer is from Shanghai, but has been living in Canada for about five years and has built a similar development in Welland.
The first phase of the project will be developed on 107 acres bounded by Old Norwood Road to the north, city limits and Television Road to the east, rural properties to the south and the Liftlock Golf Club to the west.
Melinda Holland, planner for Biglieri Group, told a crowd of more than 110 people at the Aug. 2 meeting that ideally, construction could potentially begin in 2019 or 2020.
The second phase of the development will come later and will likely include 150 more houses, she said.
At that time, the golf course’s northern portion would be developed, while the southern portion would remain and be converted into a nine-hole course, she said.