Committee rejects concrete plant proposal for Transcona
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Transcona residents won a second victory in a battle to stop a concrete plant from opening in their neighbourhood.
The property and development committee this morning said ‘No’ to a proposal to rezone a piece of vacant industrial land to heavy industrial use, which would have allowed the construction of the concrete plant.
The committee vote followed a similar decision last month by the area community committee.
“The community opposition to this was very strong,” Coun. Jeff Browaty (North Kildonan), chair of P & D, said following the meeting. “Anytime you have heavy industrial uses in relative proximity to a residential neighbourhood it’s going to be contentious.”
JC Paving wanted to build a concrete plant on a 6.5 hectare parcel of industrial land it owns in north Transcona, near Day Street and Valde Avenue. The property is zoned for light industry and required a rezoning to heavy industrial use.
But the site is close to a residential enclave on Valde, the nearby Transcona Bioreserve and a heavily used recreational trail.
Trail users and residents voiced strong opposition at the community committee meeting and at public houses staged by the company to win over support.
Administrative staff supported the rezoning but the community committee turned it down, citing strong residential opposition, lack of information on the environmental impact caused by the proposed plant and the likelihood the province would not conduct an environmental hearing.
Browaty said the property owners didn’t do enough to convince the residents the plant was a good use for their neighbourhood.
“At the end of the day, it was decided this wasn’t in the best interests of the neighbourhood,” Browaty said.
No one spoke in support or against the proposal at this morning’s meeting and it was turned down without debate by councillors.
Browaty said the application must still be dealt with by the executive policy committee and council but he added it moves on now with two negative recommendations.
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