SPAGO CRESCENT RESIDENTS GIVEN MORE TIME TO LOBBY AGAINST PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT [Video]

The residents of Spago Crescent in South Windsor are open to change.

“We just want what’s best for the neighbourhood and this is not what’s best for the neighbourhood,” Daniela Fraley told CTV News while pointing towards a property slated for 27 townhouses.

“We’re concerned about the traffic,” Fraley said. “We’re concerned about people’s safety. We don’t oppose progress but progress in the right place.”

The item was on the agenda at city council Monday but deferred until Sept. 9, buying the neighbourhood time to lobby and plead their case.

“We think it’s not going to work for the neighbourhood and it’s going to create all sorts of different problems,” said Slavisa Simovic, who lives next to the property.

Ward 9 city councillor Kieran McKenzie points out a 76-unit apartment building was slated for the property, but that was dropped to the current 27 townhomes.

“Which is a two-third reduction …