Open house to highlight concerns over future of Ginter’s Meadow

PRINCE GEORGE — A group of concerned citizens wanting to protect Ginter’s Meadow and the surrounding forest will host an open house tomorrow night at 6 p.m. at the Massey Drive entrance.

The event will highlight the roadway expansion plans currently part of the City’s Official Community Plan (OCP). The proposed roadways will be marked with ribbons highlighting their impact on the beloved community park.

“We want to highlight what this space might be like with the proposed Massey extension through this area and up the escarpment,” states Selene Maxwell, Ginter’s Green Forever member. “Residents will be able to see where the road would go according to the City’s own 15-year road network plan from the Official Community Plan”.

The current OCP contains two major road extensions that would go through Ginter’s Meadow: the extension of Foothills Boulevard to Ferry Avenue and the extension of Massey Drive up the escarpment to Tyner Boulevard. The OCP contains plans for vast tracts of developments surrounding Ginter’s Meadow and all the way up the escarpment, almost to Shane Lake.