"Advocates are urging Pickering city council to reject a plan to develop 1,600 hectares of rural land in the city's northeast end pending further consultation with First Nations and studies on the project's environmental impact and cost."
"This is developed farmland... Saying it's this undeveloped resource like it's just being wasted is a falsity, said Adrian Stocking, president of the National Farmers' Union Ontario Local 345."
"You can't do those studies if you don't have a conceptual plan to base those studies on, said Deputy Mayor David Pickles, who is also regional councillor for Ward 3, where the lands are located."
A proposal to develop 1,600 hectares of rural land in Pickering's northeast aims to create a residential community for 72,000 people. Advocates are urging the city council to reject the plan until further consultations with First Nations and environmental impact studies are conducted. The land currently supports corn and soybean crops and contains Class 1 soil, the highest quality in Ontario. The city council is set to vote on the secondary plan, which outlines neighborhood designs and infrastructure, at a special meeting on March 30.
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