Help us stop the townhouse development at 173-177 Dundas St

I’m opposed to the addition of 18 townhomes on Dundas east of Riley due to traffic congestion and safety, water runoff down hill and garbage and snow removal issues. This is not a good addition to the neighborhood.

I live on Glaceport Ave near proposed site. I object to the building of these townhomes because of traffic safety, water runoff which is an issue in this subdivision as well as elevation of the development and the issue of garbage removal if no room for truck to pick up at individual units. Who approved this????

This is a terrible location for 18 homes, most having at least one vehicle each. They'll only have access via Dundas and where are visitors to park? At the library? Will the second or third vehicles that are associated with the homes choose to use the library's parking lot as there own? What about the water drainage? The potential water damage claims for the homes behind this projected eye sore has greatly increased. That will affect their insurance rates which have been increasing steadily for years in Waterdown due to the massive growth. Putting 18 townhomes in that small space is a cash grab by the city and is beyond greedy by the builder. Speaking as someone who has been in the insurance industry for 20+ years and my spouse who has worked on New Homes for 10+ years, no good will come to the community - the people who are going to have to live with this mess daily - if this gets approved by the city. Please make smart decisions people. Quality of life, not quantity of life.

Eileen Street

Glaceport Avenue

Stop the proposed 18 unit townhouse development

Glaceport Ave

2 Scott Street owner.

This development as proposed is wrong for so many reasons, but a few huge ones are as follows: -the density and style of building is not in keeping with the neighbourhood, 3 storey townhomes that sit on top of a hill will completely tower over the existing single family residential homes in the area creating a complete loss of privacy for anyone surrounding the development. Cramming 18 townhomes onto what is currently 2 single residential lots is absolutely not in keeping with the style of the neighbourhood. -will exacerbate a very significant existing issue of yard/property flooding for the houses adjoining the proposed development to the rear (Scott Street). Every time it rains the homes along this street have flooded yards due to the slope and grade of the land on highway 5 and Scott street (a natural hill). Removing the vast majority of current green space from the property of the proposed development will only serve to make this much worse as all of the water run-off will be forced downhill into our yards and home foundations. -Parking and Driving Safety Issues: the proposed driveway into the development will create safety issues for a very busy section of highway 5 as it will not be visible when heading towards the west until you are past the intersection at Riley and Dundas St. The parking outlined in the proposed development is grossly inadequate for 18 townhomes. This will cause overflow to surrounding residential streets which are already experiencing issues with overnight and long term street parking. We are a community of lovingly maintained single family detached homes on mid-sized lots in an older area of Waterdown. It is irresponsible to cram 18 homes (some 3 stories!) into the space that currently contains only 2.

If you read the many, many reasons for the opposition to this, its a no brainer!

GodSpeed

2 Melissa Cres.

Riley St

Melissa Crescent

Melissa crescent

Plenty of open areas to build. Building here will impact my close-by neighbours.

Dundas St.

35 Melissa Cres Waterdown

37 Melissa crescent Waterdown Ontario L9H7C5

I am vehemently opposed to this building project. As a resident of this neighbourhood, I acknowledge his will impact the whole neighbourhood negatively. There is no gain except for the developer. I do hope our members of parliament recognize this impact and will vehemently oppose this project for the resident’s sake.