A 901 acre (365ha!!) Urban Boundary Expansion application has been received for the White Church farmlands southeast of Hamilton Airport. THIS is the classic definition of sprawl: the paving of prime farmland many kilometers away from the built up area of the City of Hamilton. These speculators want to build approximately 7,600 LOW DENSITY residential units, exactly the opposite of what our city needs, which is gentle, missing middle density in existing neighbourhoods close to jobs, transit and amenities.

Hamilton facts:

1. Hamilton has already approved sweeping zoning which allow and encourage missing middle density city-wide so there is zero reason to sprawl.

2. Hamilton taxpayers will be on the hook for the forever costs of new infrastructure that would be forced on us: roads, bridges, sewers, watermains, firehalls etc etc. As of 2025 Hamilton is currently $3.8BILLION behind on repair and replacement of our EXISTING infrastructure. Building more would be ludicrous. (see staff report page 2).

Two public open houses, one being virtual, are planned for April 2025, and will provide time for citizen input to be considered in the recommendation report. A Special Planning Committee meeting will be held on June 25, 2025.

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