Development of the area around Bell McKinnon Road south of Herd Road, currently largely rural, would boost the number of homes in the municipality by more than 40 per cent
North Cowichan is laying the groundwork for what its mayor calls a “new town centre” north of Duncan, near the new Cowichan District Hospital.
“What we’re talking about isn’t a few housing developments around the hospital. We’re basically creating a whole new town centre.” Another $22 million is required to get development going, he said, since upgrades are needed for a sanitary sewer pump station and the main sewage-treatment plant and a new water reservoir has to be built.
Phase two surrounds the new hospital site and covers 48.4 hectares fronting onto Bell McKinnon Road south of Herd Road. The district anticipates 3,179 new dwellings plus commercial and institutional uses in the area.
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