Save The Greenbelt

Friends care about keeping our Greenbelt protected.

In the last provincial election, Premier Doug was caught on video promising to open up the Greenbelt to development. Today the province is considering doing just that — approving development applications that allow building on the protected Oak Ridges Moraine and huge new highways through the Greenbelt.

We need smart growth, not sprawl. Protecting the Greenbelt is one of the reasons we support growing inward, making better use of land within our urban boundaries to encourage reinvestment and affordable housing right in our existing communities, protecting forests, farmers’ fields and watersheds.

The biggest threat are the Government’s plans to build three new mega highways through the Greenbelt – including proposed Highway 413

Highway 413 would cut through the Greenbelt, pave over six kilometres of forest and 200 wetlands and 2,000 acres of farmland. It would facilitate tens of thousands of acres of costly sprawl that will make congestion worse, increase pollution and carbon emissions and decrease our quality of life.

Wouldn’t you rather spend more time with family and friends than sitting behind the wheel of a car and seeing your hard-earned money spent on a hot, crowded highway and fuel? We want to stop Highway 413 and we are not alone. A recent poll found 76 percent of Ontarians believe the Greenbelt is no place for new multi-lane highways.

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