A public meeting was held Monday night about a massive development proposed for Barrie's south end.
Nearly 2,000 homes are to be built on 273 acres of land west of Yonge Street between Mapleview Drive and Lockhart Road east of Seline Crescent.
"It looks like the east end to me in terms of the street pattern and the pattern of land use," said Mayor Jeff Lehman.
"This is what our new neighbourhoods will look like in the future. It represents an evolution in design."
Only one area resident stepped up to the microphone to voice a concern at the meeting held at city hall.
Doug McDonald, who lives on nearby Patrick Drive, asked about increased traffic in the area.
“This all looks well and good but I live at the corner of Stunden and Patrick and it's like the Indianapolis 500. High speed cars. There’s no police in the area. With all these new houses is that volume going to be larger?" he asked.
The subdivision would feature 1,300 single detached or semi-detached homes, townhouses, back to back townhouses and 196 apartment units.
Three developers are asking city council for the density through applications for rezoning.
Ray Duhamel from Jones Consulting Group made a presentation to councillors concerning the three applications.
Duhamel said the area would include commercial, residential and community facilities.
Parks, village squares, recreation facilities, Catholic and public elementary schools and a Catholic high school are earmarked for the area.
There will be 7 hectares of environmental protection lands, 25 acres of parks and community centre lands and of the 2,000 units about 65 percent are low density 35 percent are medium density and about 10 percent are mixed use.
Councillor Sergio Morales said a 'fake news flyer' went out in the ward Monday saying approval of the plan would happen last night, which was not the case.
If the approval process proceeds, construction would start next year with occupancies possibly at the end of next year into 2019.
