Representatives of the Coalition’s member groups have been meeting monthly to discuss ways and means to accomplish our mission: to ensure no loss of wildlife habitat in the Backlands and to preserve them for natural, historical, cultural, conservation, educational, recreational and common use.
Our recent focus has been to collect, compile, and present information to the HRM planning staff, our Councillor, and various Regional Council committees to inform them about the value of preserving the Backlands and its fragile and unique ecology for environmental and recreational purposes, since further development will destroy this small piece of nature that will only become more important as a retreat as HRM gets denser.
This activity has been happening as part of the review process for updating the HRM Regional Plan, which will enter its final and 5th phase after Oct 27. Until then, the draft plan created in phase 4 is available for feedback from the public – which means all of us – so if you want to help achieve our mission, please provide comments as directed below.
It may be helpful to listen to the recent CBC radio interview with Boris Worm about why we want to save the Backlands from any more development.
Received from HRM:
Regional Plan ReviewThank you for your interest in the Halifax Regional Municipality’s Regional Plan Review! All public feedback will be brought to Regional Council in a What We Heard Report in late 2023, and a complete amendment package will follow. Before any amendments can be approved, Regional Council must hold a public hearing. We will send you an update when the We Heard Report Report is available and when the public hearing has been scheduled. Please stay tuned! We encourage residents to continue following the Regional Plan Review and share their comments with us. Please visit the Regional Plan Review Shape Your City page for information and updates. If you have any questions or wish to schedule a stakeholder meeting, please contact us at regionalplan@halifax.ca. |