Two new apartments OK’d by Assiniboia committee

Bridgewater

The Assiniboia community committee held its regular meeting on May 29.

City councillors approved plans for two seven storey, mixed income apartment buildings side-by-side on Bridge Lake Drive in the Bridgewater Area.

The first development located at 4 Bridge Lake Dr. approved has 246 units, with 101 being affordable units. The second approved, without a civic address at time of publication, plan has 204 units, with 84 affordable housing units.

Coun. Janice Lukes (Waverley West) made a motion to amend a zoning by-law that would allow City of Winnipeg residents to park one RVs, trailers, or reactional vehicles on their driveway between May 1 to Oct. 31, instead of the current dates from May 15 to Oct. 31.

She said the reason for the proposed amendment is so Winnipeggers have a chance to prepare their recreational vehicles for the summer, before the May long weekend.

The committee meeting concluded with a public hearing to amend local area plans in Airport Area West and Ridgewood South in accordance with initiative two in the housing accelerator fund. The goal of the second initiative is to accelerate construction and increase density within the city. No one registered to speak in support or opposition at the hearing. The application was approved.

The next Assiniboia Community Committee meeting will be held on June 22.