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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.

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

Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP) Nova Scotia - 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

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