http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/14828/0 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