Greenbelt land that the people of Canada may lose.

The Capital has identified thousands of acres of Greenbelt land that may be surplus to the needs of the NCC. "The City of Ottawa has identified more than 13,700 acres of the Greenbelt...that could be developed..." (From: "Ottawa Greenbelt Development Under Review"--June 17, 2008.) I believe that the following properties are on their radar:

1.) Commissioners Park on the corner of Carling Avenue and Preston Street;( "Other properties found in the Greenbelt are Commissioners Park, where there is a display of over 100,000 tulips." MP Steven Blaney, House of Commons, September 16, 2009.)

2.) The Greenbelt Research Farm in Nepean, Ontario:

 

A 1958 Cabinet of Canada document. The Greenbelt Research Farm was an annex to the Experimental Farm on Carling Avenue. During the year 1998 the Greenbelt Farm was transferred from Agriculture Canada to the National Capital Commission for $1 dollar. The property is a National Interest Land Mass and cannot be sold or subdivided. The Experimental Farm on Carling is also a National Interest Land Mass and a National Historic Site of Canada. 

3.)Mer Bleue - "Protect the Greenbelt from devastating development." CPAWS-Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Ottawa Valley Chapter:

"As the population in the National Capital Region continues to grow, the City of Ottawa has identified a need for new transportation infrastructure to support the growing communities south of Orleans. Their preferred option is to extend Brian Coburn Boulevard across the Greenbelt to connect with the existing highway south of the intersection of Highway 174 and Blair Road."

" The proposed high speed, multi-lane highway will have a devastating impact on the ecological integrity of the Greenbelt and should not be built in the area being advanced by the City of Ottawa.The new highway will sever all natural linkages between Mer Bleue, Greens Creek and the Ottawa River, and will adversely impact Mer Bleue Bog-an internationally recognized wetland and the most biodiverse area in eastern Ontario."

"Other options do exist, including expanding the proposed LRT network farther into Orleans, or improving the design of existing infrastructure such as Innes Road, which already crosses the Greenbelt."