waterfront development, but also the investment from the community in those lands to create a new downtown,” Meloche shares. This phased approach demonstrates LaSalle’s commitment to making the waterfront a year-round destination while laying groundwork for future private-sector partnerships. INFRASTRUCTURE AND GROWTH: PAVING THE WAY FOR THE FUTURE LaSalle’s ambitious Howard Bouffard Secondary Plan prepares for transformative growth across 940 hectares, projected to accommodate 22,000–32,000 new residents and jobs. This Secondary Plan will integrate housing, commercial spaces, and a parkland system, supported by a redesigned transportation network. “The plan helps drive development and direction for what we see coming and establishes the goals, policies, and outcomes for the land use directives that the municipality is looking for,” explains Gudrin Beggs, Director of Planning and Development. “We went through a fairly lengthy series of studies and environmental assessments to come up with a solution that would help us unlock that Howard Bouffard area for development. It’s been a bit of a challenge over the history of that area, we have a plan in place that we’d like to move ahead with, but it’s just very costly. If we’re able to move ahead and create a big drainage outlet, it helps give an outlet for development. That will really help us get to where we want to be with future growth and creating some housing supply,” adds Osborne. Critical to the plan is Sandwich West Parkway, a future east-west collector road. “That is a piece of the transportation network that will, once a drainage solution is in place, will fall into place as development progresses,” says Osborne. The Town faces funding challenges for a major stormwater outlet to service the area, as much of the water originates from upstream municipalities.“We’re receiving other people’s water, and it adds to the MADE IN CANADA 1-450-568-7020 thibaultfiretrucks.com Design Manufacturer 125 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 05 LASALLE, ON
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