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Waterdown residents continue fight against proposed development

Nearly a dozen residents from Waterdown spent the day at Hamilton’s city hall, pushing back against a development in their neighbourhood — only to find out the meeting would be postponed for another month.
In 2018, developer Hawk Ridge Homes applied to the City of Hamilton to build an 18-town home unit on Dundas Street East near the Waterdown Library.
The developer planned to purchase and demolish the existing homes to make way for several new units, but the plan has been met with heavy opposition from those who live in the area.
Concerns over safety, privacy and the length of the project were all schedule to be brought up at Tuesday’s council meeting, until it was deferred until Sept. 17.
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“The driveway where the proposed development is going to be about twenty metres away from that light and you can’t event see the driveway until you get close to the light” Brian Peggie, a concerned resident who lives in the area, said earlier this month.
Hamilton’s city council recommended that the developers meet with the residents again, to try and provide clarity and address their concerns in the interim period.
Ward 15 city councilor Ted McMeekin said that the development’s plan is not suitable. He said in a statement to CHCH News the area’s topography raises severe concerns about stormwater runoff that the development does not address.
McMeekin also wrote that the proposed placement of future driveways direct onto a main street across heavy traffic as a “very dangerous proposition.”
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