
Regional Plan Submissions
To implement our vision of a fully realized, ecologically healthy Regional Park at Sandy Lake and Sackville River, we need changes to the Regional Municipal Planing Strategy in Halifax Regional Municipality (called the Regional Plan for short). The Regional Plan is now being reviewed and updated, and the time to request changes is now (starting March 2020). Below are our Coalition's submissions to the stakeholder and public consultations on the Regional Plan review.
Regional Plan Submission 1 (2020):
Sandy Lake - Sackville River Regional Park Coalition - Regional Plan submission (full)
Regional Plan submission - Cover letter only
Regional Plan submission - Appendices only
Regional Plan Submission 2 (response to Themes & Directions, 2021):
Second Submission to the RP+10 Review from the Sandy Lake - Sackville River Regional Park Coalition (main text)
Second Submission Appendices
We encourage everyone who cares about Sandy Lake and Sackville River (and nature, and outdoor recreation, and sustainable cities) to send in their own regional plan review submission. You can also talk to city councillors, and candidates running for city council, about your views on a good future for Sandy Lake and Sackville River. The following Coalition groups have already sent in letters supporting the requests made in the Coalition's submission:
Halifax North West Trails Association - letter supporting the Coalition's submission
Five Bridges Wilderness Heritage Trust - letter supporting the Coalition's submission
Nova Scotia Salmon Association - letter supporting the Coalition's submission
St. Margaret’s Bay Area Rails to Trails Association - letter supporting Coalition's submission
Lucasville Greenway Society - letter supporting Coalition's submission
Halifax Field Naturalists - letter supporting Coalition's submission
Hike Nova Scotia - letter supporting Coalition's submission
Sandy Lake Conservation Association - letter supporting Coalition's submission
St. Margaret's Bay Stewardship Association - letter supporting Coalition's submission
Sackville River Association - letter supporting Coalition's submission
The Neighbourhood Association of Uplands Park - letter supporting Coalition's submission
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - NS Chapter - letter supporting Coalition's submission
Trips By Transit - letter supporting Coalition's submission
Woodens River Watershed Environmental Organization - letter supporting Coalition's submission
Our HRM Alliance/ Ecology Action Centre - letter supporting Coalition's submission
Cole Harbour Parks and Trails Association - letter supporting Coalition's submission
Kingswood Ratepayers Association - letter supporting Coalition's submission