Bob Chiarelli wants the province to throw Tewin lands out of the official plan ottnews ottawa
Council's decision a year ago to create an entirely new suburb in the city's rural southeast was controversial for many reasons, including that the land was not on any existing transit and would be expensive for the city to service with roads, pipes and other infrastructure.City staff had scored the Tewin lands poorly and recommended land in the west end be included in the urban boundary instead. But some councillors swapped the two pieces of land in a walk-on motion.
Bob Chiarelli, shown here, just after filing his nomination to run for mayor in the 2022 municipal election, wants the province to remove the Tewin lands from the Official Plan. Chiarelli — who was the minister of municipal affairs and housing among other political titles a decade ago — said including the lands doesn't make sense, especially as any housing there won't be built for many years.
"Understanding that housing development is a priority of your government, expanding Ottawa's urban boundary to include the unserviced so called 'Tewin Lands' rather than the much better serviced West Carleton/Kanata North property as recommended by city staff will be an unreasonable delay on development," Chiareli wrote to Minister Steve Clark.