The Editor,
I was gob-smacked by the presentation last week about the Coronation Park Neighbourhood Plan.
On all four scenarios, our single-family homes are gone.
The planner says that, hey, it’s a 30-year plan so nobody has to move right away.
But if the OCP says the area is not to contain any single-family homes, how much respect will there be for the quality of life of those of us who choose to remain in our homes?
Blocked view-lines? Reduced access to sunlight? Lessened street parking? Altered setbacks? New roads (with through traffic)?
The idea of “sensitive infill” is mentioned but completely misused. I think one of us coined the phrase, with the idea being that those who want to stay can have a good life and those who want to sell can get a decent price for their property.
It was to be a compromise instead of staying all single-family. Single-family homes could be replaced by denser developments that respected their single-family neighbours, as in the triplex on Guildford.
The idea of sensitive infill is not that every property turns into non-single-family. The low-density option on offer does not respect this. In fact, it makes no sense — to whom is the infill sensitive if all our homes are to go?
None of the scenarios respect the current residents of Coronation Park who do not wish to move.
Jill McIntosh, Port Moody
