Debate over future of Côte Saint-Luc Road heats up Hampstead election campaign
Global News
The dispute is over whether the Hampstead section of the major thoroughfare, between Dufferin Street and Holtham Avenue, should be up-zoned to allow for 10-storey buildings.
Côte Saint-Luc Road has become the focal point of a debate in Hampstead’s election campaign, and whether some tenants have a place in the town.
“Why would I want my neighbours to be kicked out of their homes and not be able to come back?” Hampstead resident Adriana Decker wanted to know.
The dispute is over whether the Hampstead section of the major thoroughfare, between Dufferin Street and Holtham Avenue, should be up-zoned to allow for 10-storey apartment buildings.
High-rises are now capped at five floors.
According to mayoral incumbent William Steinberg, up-zoning “would bring in $1.8 million additional tax revenue.”
He pointed out that aside from residential properties, the town has no other major source of income. That additional revenue, he insists, could help fund a major project he believes the municipality needs.
“Building a new civic centre within four years in Hampstead Park,” he told Global News.
Zeev Rosberger, who lives not far from the town hall on Queen Mary Road agrees with Steingberg’s vision, saying the garden community has no commercial tax base and so the additional revenue would be welcome.
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