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Mayor Fillmore-We Worry About Our Meeting, Neighbourhood & Misinformation

Writing on behalf of FHC and Robie St residents, Peggy Cameron and Howard once again ask Mayor Fillmore for a meeting. The first request was on November 4th 2024 with multiple follow up inquiries.

We worry that details on HRM’s plan to spend at least $75m to acquire property and demolish buildings to widen Robie Street for a bus lane are not fully vetted with residents or Council. The plan from 2018 or 2019 needs to be re-examined for its merit and to reassess using scarce public money to wreck our Robie Street neighbourhood from North to Cunard Streets. (Map details: https://shorturl.at/tCDHU ) 

Recent email communication from Councillor Cleary to residents continues to confuse or mislead. We worry other Councillors may also be unaware of misinformed. We again clarify why the Mayor & Council must optimize spending public money on reallocating existing road space, more buses, more drivers with better salaries, lower fares, better public safety and services such as bus shelters with seats and sidewalks and trees for shade and comfort. And stop the plan to wreck our Robie St neighbourhood.
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❤️ Halifax? Write to Stop Robie Street Widening!

Help stop HRM’s $200m plan to demolish Robie Street’s last historic neighbourhood (North to Cunard). HRM intends to destroy dozens of affordable units & cut ~80 trees to add a bus lane. But Data shows that even for public transit, road widening won’t reduce traffic. Instead of  wrecking a uniquely diverse, affordable community, a cheap proven solution is signalized lane changes (i.e. MacDonald Bridge or Chebucto Road) to reallocate existing road space. In a housing and a climate crisis, destroying affordable homes & cutting street trees is a bad idea. Write HRM Mayor & Council -see info below or write from your ❤️! *Wider Roads Make Worse Cities

Write to Stop Robie Street Widening. Help spread the word by circulating, printing, posting this poster.*Even for public transportation, wider roads don’t reduce traffic.*Citizens don’t support demolitions or widening Robie St.

*Public money should not be used to destroy a unique neighbourhood of First Nations, youth shelters, co-ops, heritage, affordable housing, business.
*The 80 historic trees slow traffic, calm drivers, clean air, reduce noise, give shade & beauty. They need protection.
*The budget cost at $200m (1) for road construction alone is too much & skyrocketing.
*Cheap, proven options? Time of day lane changes Chebucto Rd/MacDonald Bridge!
*Savings can be used for buses, ferries, drivers, lower fares, shelters, the Mumford Terminal, public safety.
*Our new Council can legally reverse the last council’s plan.
Please let friends & neighbours know. Ask them to write council c/o clerks@halifax.ca, post on social media, print & distribute our flyer below or our poster. The pictures tells it all.

2025 feb. flyer HandsOffRobie

(1) HRM April 24th TSC Report estimates road construction for 2029 (ish) to be $170m but as costs have inflated at an extraordinary fate from $53m in 2022 to $73m in 2023 for land acquisition alone, FHC believes the construction cost will be closer to $200M. THIS DOES NOT seem to INCLUDE COSTS FOR BRT – ONLY ROAD WIDENING.

 

HRM -Cancel Robie St Widening & Save $73m

FHC has written to HRM to cancel its Robie St widening plan and save $73m. That’s HRM’s budget to buy property, demolish buildings and cut 80 trees for a bus lane. But data shows, even for public transportation, widening roads does not reduce traffic congestion. Instead demolishing dozens of

Widening roads for public transportation does not reduce traffic. Photo:Tim Krochak/Herald

small-scale affordable units and cutting 80 trees for a plan that won’t work, HRM should use signalized lane changes i.e. MacDonald Bridge or Chebucto Road. 
The historic Robie St neighbourhood has a concentration of First Nations, housing co-ops, youth shelters, new Canadians, small businesses. As HRM has no obligation to proceed with the previous Council’s plan, stopping the plan to wreck this community should be an easy decision.
 See details in FHC’s letter here: FHC 2025 HRM Council, Robie St FOIPOP.pages

Amend the Centre Plan, Protect Halifax Trees! Public Hearing, May 21

Halifax planning is killing urban trees. Cutting trees for the QEII hospital is part of a bigger problem. The Centre Plan reduced public open space requirements and increased lot coverage for development threatening trees & green space. And its Robie Street Transportation Corridor will cut ~ 80 trees to widen the street. See: https://shorturl.at/tCDHU

Robie Street Transportation Corridor will cut ~ 80 trees to widen the street and demolish dozens of buildings. Take a detailed look here: https://shorturl.at/tCDHU

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Renovated Robie St House Demolished & What about those trees?

 

Historic, newly renovated four-unit building at 2110 Robie Street- demolished.

Mid-town Halifax housing takes another hit this morning as an “Investor” knocks down 2110 Robie to save on maintenance and taxes and to profit from poor planning.
 
At least four units are destroyed in a recently renovated, pristine and irreplaceable building next to the North Common. (see pictures below) This is one of 450 demolition permits HRM has issued since January 2020.
Please sign the petition to Petition to Stop Demolitions – shorturl.at/dlxET
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Todd Veinotte- Why Halifax Common Pool Needs a Better Location

Halifax Central Common Pool re-do — good idea bad location.

News 97.5 Todd Veinotte explores FHC’s concerns and better ideas for where / how HRM could locate the $16 million dollar pool. (Hint: not next to a traffic corridor & 1500 cars worth of pollution)