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^ "A study on public opinion of the Highway 407 Corridor, which includes a potential airport, is underway." So they are studying, public opinion? Doesn't sound like anyone is in a hurry to build this. And isn't the local MP, Mark Holland, firmly against it?
 
dowlingm said:
What value do you place on agricultural land? None, or just less?
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Government won't sell it for residential development. At best it would be become an extension of Rouge Park (I really like that option actually).

So either the Pickering land is worth $0 or $infinity; $0 in value to the government or $infinity to anybody trying to purchase it.

Buttonville, however, is private and has a for-sale sign being installed with a willingness to be sold for a value practical to a large development firm.
 
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Whether people like it or not a GA airport is needed in the region. And two runway and a medium sized ramp are not going to doing a ton of damage to the land. Most of that land will be absolutely untouched.

I am hoping this can spur some consolidation. Oshawa is hemmed in by development. Markham is a thorn in the airspace. All that activity could be concentrated in Pickering. And once we have HFR, maybe we can also discuss closing the Island.
 
I can see a day where Highway 7 in Pickering is just as sprawled as it is in Markham. If they build the airport, it will limit height of buildings, but there is no reason the town could not keep expanding north.

There is no stopping the sell off of farmland, unless it is in the Greenbelt.
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Looks to me they have a lot of sprawl they can do.
 
^it's happening sooner than you think. A new interchange on the 407 should open soon, and the first companies are scheduled to move into the new industrial parks starting about a year from now. Kubota is moving from Markham as the first main tenant.
 
Allandale25 said:
^ "A study on public opinion of the Highway 407 Corridor, which includes a potential airport, is underway." So they are studying, public opinion? Doesn't sound like anyone is in a hurry to build this. And isn't the local MP, Mark Holland, firmly against it?
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No hurry to build it, because, ostensibly, Pickering isn't necessary yet. Pearson should be able to handle demand into the mid 2030s (that's the official line).

The airport will be necessary in the mid 2030s, and the Federal government's leases to farmers on the land will expire in the early 2020s (just in time to start construction). So I expect (and hope) that around 2020 we should be seeing serious plans from the federal government.
 
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