LaSalle council discusses plans for marina lands [Video]

Preliminary plans with the potential to overhaul a stretch of the waterfront in LaSalle took a step forward on Tuesday Evening.

Speaking in support of the 2362 Front Road proposal from Beatties Sunset Marina, Biologist Barry Myler recommended that council remove the Provincially Significant Wetlands designation.

In a presentation, Myler explained the decision to designate the land originally was an error.

“If [the Ministry of Natural Resources] had gotten out and walked it, they would have seen they’re well elevated above the Detroit River on high and dry ground,” Myler told council.

He said the error was due to a 2006 air photo the ministry relied upon to update significant wetland mapping.

A similar amendment seeking the removal of designations by the County of Essex was approved in April.

A review of the lands conducted in 2018 resulted in the revision of mapping to adjust the boundary of the wetland.

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