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M gm 6” W! cent. exceeded only by plished.saidllorne. fail to reach the targets, development in Toronto. “This ambiguity around 'l'homason said. which is considered all what the growth plan says to Peel Region, made up of intensification and infill, some municipalities and not the Town of Caledon and the The region really has no to others needs to be cities of Brampton and Mis- a AN choice but to follow through resolved. in our opinion sissauga, currently has an with the growth plan if these are requirements. not intensification target of 40 EDUCATION future growth is to be man soft targets.” he said. per cent but is set to increase aged properly. said Rob The region's efforts that target to 50 per cent in 0 FAITH l Home, regional planning haven‘t been easy. Last 2026. it would bethe highest Y U CAN HAVE IN ! . commissioner. which is why spring, Waterloo said it was intensification target in the Waterloo has developed going to tourt to try to protdnce outside ofToronto. . such an aggressive urban reverse the Ontario Munici» Arvin Prasad, director of Join m for sprawi reduction strategy pal Board‘s decision to open integrated planning in Peel “Compact growth lot out more than 1.000 hectares of Region, doesn't believe the region Is probany more land to new development. provmce needs to set hard important than it is for other lhe region's official plan targets or penalties for municipalities because we‘re talled for Just 85 hectares of municipalities that fail to . Wednesday, "Mb“ 27”” 2013 groundwater dependent, new land to he made avail reach the growth plan ~> ‘l ‘ 7200 pm ' 9:00 PM and if we go out am further ahle. but developers requirements. “e start to threaten our appealed the decisuin to the “i don't think we need the “ ' groundwater dist barge and HM“, the proxint‘ial land use provmce to tnit romanage ‘ to "SW 0’ {of more mm ‘ _ recharge areas,” Morin-said tribunal planning at the Iotal level '_ ‘ l i . _ g .i ”if; r. a 1 , " Planners expett the pop Municipalities that haw lheyve set a really good polr ' ‘ .. i ' m ‘” u A ‘" ‘ tilation oi Waterloo Region tailed to meet the 4|! per t i-nt icy direction and the munici ‘ . to int tease bx nearly 40 pm intensifitation ldrgt'l so! ht palities are movrng forward ‘ , loamy Wino-"to Collegiate HR l tt‘lil (Ht'r the next mo the prountc llitllltlt' Wllli implementing that . 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