Province designates four new areas for fast-tracked development

CITYnews halifax / By Mark Hodgins

With a goal of speeding up the development of residential units the province has designated four more special planning areas.

Housing minister Hohn Lohr made the announcement on Tuesday, which includes the designation of the Westphal Urban Reserve lands, a large green space bordered by Highway 7 and Cole Harbour Road.

The new special planning areas are:

• Westphal urban reserve lands, Dartmouth – up to 18,000 units, plus 96 long-term care rooms
• 1226 Cole Harbour Rd., Cole Harbour – more than 511 units, plus 144 long-term care rooms
• 1109 Fall River Rd., Fall River (Opportunity Site B) – 316 units, plus 144 long-term care rooms
• Paper Mill Lake, Bedford – up to 4,714 units, including 214 units in Phase 1.

In total the four newly designated areas are expected to see more than 23,000 units developed.