http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/9964/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/paving-halifax-harbour/33015 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Group continues to push for a coastal park along Bedford Basin </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/971747_10152828213975710_73184344_n.jpg" alt="" title="For years the Waterfront Development Corporation has been infilling a pristine part of the Bedfod Basin. Now it wants to develop the land. A group of concerned citizens is fighting back. And claiming some victories along the way. Photo facebook" width="450" height="294" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/246762_10152079873565710_853619671_n.jpg" alt="" title="This is an artist&#039;s rendition of the rather grandiose vision of the Waterfront Development Corporation, ca. 2010. Photo WDC " width="450" height="291" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/wdcvssavebedfordreef.jpg" alt="" title="On the left what the Waterfront Development Corporation is proposing now, and on the right what Save the Bedford Reef would like to see. A real park, not just a couple of green strips. Photo: Save the Bedford Reef" width="450" height="242" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>(KJIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - Efforts to slow down a high-priced development on an infilled water lot along the shores of the Bedford Basin are beginning to pay off.</p> <p>Efforts that started six years ago.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/paving-halifax-harbour/33015" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/paving-halifax-harbour/33015#comments Robert Devet Environment Bedford Basin Halifax Waterfront Save the Bedford Reef Waterfront Development Corporation Sat, 31 Jan 2015 18:43:13 +0000 Robert DeVet 33015 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/rally-calls-end-bedford-basin-shoreline-destructio/19056 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Protesters want small island and reef restored, marine park created. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_4278.jpg" alt="" title="Mermaids too joined a rally to protest infill occurring at the Bedford Basin. Photo by Robert Devet " width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_4270.jpg" alt="" title="Well over a hundred protesters demanded an end to the infill and the restoration of the natural shoreline. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_4289.jpg" alt="" title="Crosby Island, the treed area shown in in the background, is now entirely land-bound as a result of the Waterfront Development Corporation infill activities. Protesters want it restored to its old state. Photo by Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_4260.jpg" alt="" title="Walter Regan, of the Sackville Rivers Asociation, joined the rally because he is concerned about the effect of the infill on the health of the Sackville River watershed. The Sackville River empties into the Bedford Basin." width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Well over a hundred people gathered on the Bedford waterfront to protest the infill of parts of the Bedford Basin by the Waterfront Development Corporation (WDC). The protesters are asking provincial politicians to create a maritime park on the site instead.</p> <p>The rally was organized by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.savebedfordwaterfront.ca/" rel="nofollow">Save the Bedford Basin Reef</a><i>.</i></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/rally-calls-end-bedford-basin-shoreline-destructio/19056" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/rally-calls-end-bedford-basin-shoreline-destructio/19056#comments Robert Devet Environment Bedford Basin Halifax infill Sat, 28 Sep 2013 19:42:08 +0000 Robert DeVet 19056 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca