The residents of Greystone Avenue in Langford are concerned that their narrow street will soon become a safety hazard thanks to a new development.

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Langford approved the development around Greystone Avenue in April 2023 despite the pleas from the residents.

The current plan is to extend the road through Greystone Avenue and install a roundabout. Still, the street is not able to fit recycling trucks down it, let alone another 100 cars, which would be the outcome if this development goes ahead, said Aileen.

Pierre Levesque, another resident of Greystone Avenue, said the development needed to consider what people living in the area had wanted.

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The development, he said, was to install over 60 townhouses and had been earmarked as affordable housing, but each unit is selling for between $850,000 and $1 million.

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The Klahanie development has made the roads narrower and, at times, two cars will struggle to fit down this road, said Levesque, and that if a fire truck or an emergency vehicle was coming up, there would be nowhere to pull over.

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Levesque and his wife Del are also concerned that the new development will result in around 200 trees being chopped down.

Aileen is not trying to be a NIMBY and is pro-development, but with a towering rock face backing to her garden, she does worry about what the development will do to her house and has thought about moving from the area.

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The Gazette reached out to the projectB次元官网网址檚 developer, but didnB次元官网网址檛 receive a call back by press deadline.

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