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When land is publicly owned, there’s an expectation of public access.
That’s one of the problems with a proposal for Sarnia to take possession of part of a protected woodlot, said Stacey Forfar, the city’s general manager of community services.
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“This is a remnant parcel of the old Carolinian, (and) the idea, of course, was to allow that to really remain as a naturalized piece,” she said about the significant woodlot located south of four recently approved residential lots severed from 834 Lakeshore Rd.
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A developer’s plan to build houses in protected woodland is coming back to Sarnia city council again.
A pitch to build six houses on a large lot at 834 Lakeshore Rd. – partly populated with black oak-dominated deciduous forest and a stop for birds on the Lake Huron flyway – was rejected by council in 2018.
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Last September, owner Paul Wicks reapplied and was approved to build four houses – two off Lakeshore Road and two off a proposed extension of Tudor Close West – contingent on a two-for-one tree replacement strategy and other factors.