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This map indicates existing transportation routes in and around Brandon’s North Hill area. City officials will seek the public’s feedback on the North Brandon Gateway Secondary Plan, which focuses on the 160 acres of city-owned land on the North Hill, at a meeting at the Riverbank Discovery Centre on Nov. 1.
Public input is being sought for the North Brandon Gateway Secondary Plan at an open presentation at the Riverbank Discovery Centre on Nov. 1, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
A formal presentation will take place at 7 p.m.
The public consultation will centre around the 160 acres of city-owned land on the North Hill and the secondary plan is to set out the vision on how that land will be developed. Issues such as road networks, pedestrian walkways and parks and how they will fit into the plan, will be discussed.
"The secondary plan is a blueprint for an area," said Ryan Nickel, the city’s acting senior planner. "It will show where roads go, parks go, schools go, where commercial development goes, where residential growth goes. If you took a bird’s-eye view of a piece of land, and did a plan of the area, you would be able to see what it looks like at full build out and what it’s going to look like."
The North Brandon Gateway area was once known as the Black Farm area, and the zone for the secondary plan will take into account the land between First and 18th streets, as they will be reconfigured once Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation builds overpasses for the two junctions of Highway 10 and the Trans-Canada Highway. The northern boundary of the secondary plan zone is the Trans-Canada Highway, while the southern reach of the zone touches land occupied by the Glendale and Monterrey Estates mobile home parks and the Northern Pines Golf Course.
It will also take into account the commercial developments that are already on the North Hill land along First and 18th streets as well as the Trans-Canada Highway.
"A big part of the secondary plan is policy development, such as how these areas are now and how we see them develop 10, 15, 20 and 50 years into the future," Nickel said.
The large land parcel also represents a major, if not the most significant development area in the city. Nickel said that land is very strategic as it links the city with its primary transportation link, the Trans-Canada Highway.
"I think this will be a different type of development other than your standard neighbourhood, just based on the current mixed uses and different opportunities, and possibly constraints, for that area," Nickel said.
While public consultations often allow people to get information about a plan, Nickel said it is a chance to offer input as well, and that input is welcomed especially when people present situations that the proposed plan had not taken into account before.
"What are some of the opportunities and constraints that people envision or see in the area?" Nickel said. "It would be excellent to see the greater community get involved in something like this, even if it is outside their neighbourhood. It is a neighbourhood within the city of Brandon."
» kborkowsky@brandonsun.com
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition October 26, 2012
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Public input is being sought for the North Brandon Gateway Secondary Plan at an open presentation at the Riverbank Discovery Centre on Nov. 1, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
A formal presentation will take place at 7 p.m.
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Public input is being sought for the North Brandon Gateway Secondary Plan at an open presentation at the Riverbank Discovery Centre on Nov. 1, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
A formal presentation will take place at 7 p.m.
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