Stratford townhouse proposal would be destructive to wetland, nearby residents warn [Video]

Some residents of Stratford are calling on the P.E.I. town’s council to postpone a vote on a rezoning application, fearing it will destroy a wetland in their neighbourhood.

The developer, R&D Builders, has applied to the town to rezone an area of the Forest Trails subdivision from medium to high density to allow the general contractor to build 32 stacked townhouses, along with two apartment buildings with a total of 78 units just across the street. 

Residents who opposed the project say the development would quadruple the area’s housing density, as well as being partially built on protected wetlands. 

“There is a… development plan signed by Stratford that protected all of this area and there was to be no disturbance acceptable,” said Bonnie Gray, who lives on Dr. John Knox Way, across from the proposed development.  

“You couldn’t build a birdhouse on this land — and now they want to …