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Brookswood residents marched from Noel Booth Park to Brookswood Park, at 200 Street and 40 Avenue, on Sunday to voice opposition to plans to develop and densify that area of the Township.
Brookswood rallies against densification A LY S S A O ’ DE L L Tim e s Re po r t e r
Hundreds of Brookswood residents and their supporters turned out in the rain on Sunday, to rally against the densification of their community in the wake of Langley Township’s proposed Brookswood/ Fernridge Official Community Plan. “What we’re seeing here, I think from everybody that is here, [is] a lack of con-
fidence and trust in the council to represent the desires of the people,” said one Brookswood resident who spoke at the event and only identified herself as Anna R. The march of 250 to 300 demonstrators, carrying colourful signs decrying densification and compromise of Brookswood’s rivers, forests and liveability, started at Noel Booth Park at 12 p.m., and ended
cess to transit. As well, she said the local aquifer — one of the most vulnerable in the Fraser Valley — won’t be able to sustain such a large increase in population, which may result in the need to bring in outside water resources that could raise water rates up to 10 times. Continued Page 4
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with a rally at Brookswood Park. Cars honked in support along 200 Street as children, families, a large canine contingent and residents of all ages took part in the energetic gathering, which was contained and peaceful. According to Anna, residents are concerned about local hospital ability to handle additional capacity, school overcrowding, woodland clear-cutting and ac-
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