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which was “very well received” by the 200 or
so attendees.
“We’ve been working hard over the last two
years to put together a new future growth
map to outline the areas the City is looking
to grow into, which is primarily to the North
and South ends of the City,” Brad explains.”It
also outlines future population projections
andpolicies for council to look at − every-
thing from economic development to recre-
ationaldevelopment to sustainability.”
“This type of planning was a great exercise
for the City to go through because it allows
us to prepare for our major growth areas and
the infrastructure needed to support over a
period of 20 to 25 years. We used some pret-
ty ambitious growth rates in that plan− 4, 6
and 8 per cent − solow, medium and high re-
spectively.And even though we’re planning
for 30,000 people in thirty years, whether
we hit that number in ten years or 30 years,
it doesn’t really change the plan − it just
changes when we would make that invest-
ment in the infrastructure needed to sup-
port that population.”
“Generally speaking, whether we’re looking
at our stormwater system, wastewater system