Public Service Announcement

Open Houses for Western Common Wilderness Area Master Plan

(Friday, November 21, 2008) HRM is seeking public input on the development of a Master Plan for the Wilderness Area within the Western Common. The Western Common is situated between Highway 103 and Highway 333 (Prospect Road) extending west from the Ragged Lake Business Park to the area around Nine Mile River. The Wilderness Area is a proposed 1600 hectare portion of the Western Common that will become a Regional Park.

Public open house meetings will be held on the following dates:

Thursday November 27 from 7:00-9:00 pm
•Brookside Jr. High School, 2239 Prospect Road
•KeshenGoodman Library (Thomas Raddall Room), 330 Lacewood Drive

Wednesday, December 3 from 7:00-9:00 pm
•Lakeside Fire Hall, 26 Myra Road, Timberlea

For further information please contact John Charles, Planner, HRM Infrastructure and Asset Management at 490 5771 or visit the Western Common Wilderness Area Master Plan Project website at: http://www.halifax.ca/RealPropertyPlanning/index.html

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James Campbell
HRM External and Corporate affairs
Phone 490-4604