‘Cart before the horse’: Site prep work approved before development plans in HRM
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‘Cart before the horse’: Site prep work approved before development plans in HRM
By Rebecca Lau & Angela Capobianco Global News
Posted November 2, 2026 5:25 pm
Updated November 2, 2026 5:44 pm
The province has approved work to begin at a handful of special planning areas in the Halifax Regional Municipality. One of these projects is in Sandy Lake, where site preparation work was given the green light without development plans set up. As Angela Capobianco reports, one advocate says the province is going about planning the wrong way.…
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