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Public invited to weigh in on new housing policies

Further densification of arterial road could extend into detached-home neighbourhoods
Townhouses councillors
Councillors Ken Johnston and Derek Dang were part of a joint venture to build a 15-unit townhouse development on Blundell Road, named Shangri-La and billed by real estate companies as “luxury” living. They are now set to change housing policies on such arterial roads.

The City of Richmond is hosting a series of public meetings in its effort to update and refine its policy to create more densified housing along arterial roads.

The public is invited to learn about and provide comments on proposed changes to the Arterial Road Policy, which was created in 1999, via five public open houses, to be held throughout the city from April 23 to May 4. 

The first open house, this Saturday, will be held at Thompson Community Centre, 5151 Granville Ave.

The open house schedule can be found online at Richmond.ca, on posters at community centres and via advertisements in the local newspaper.

Residents and interested parties are invited to attend one or more of these drop-in-style open houses to meet city planners, see display boards, learn what the proposed updates are and complete a survey providing feedback.

The open house information boards and handouts, as well as the survey, will be online at LetsTalkRichmond.ca from Friday, April 22 until midnight, Sunday, May 8.

All public feedback received from the open houses and LetsTalkRichmond.ca will be compiled as part of a staff report on the proposed amendments, to be presented for council consideration later this spring.

For more information, call the city’s planning division at 604-276-4121 or email [email protected]

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