Coun. Brad Adams says Haldimand County residents “overwhelmingly” oppose a plan to build 15,000 houses near the Stelco steelworks in Nanticoke.

Coun. Brad Adams says Haldimand County residents “overwhelmingly” oppose a plan to build 15,000 houses near the Stelco steelworks in Nanticoke.

Putting the question on next year’s municipal election ballot would prove it.

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At the Sept. 16 council meeting, Mayor Shelley Ann Bentley called for a ballot question asking residents if they approve the use of provincial minister’s zoning orders (MZOs) to “expedite development projects.”

MZOs have a been a hot topic in Haldimand ever since Empire Communities first sought to rezone 4,200 acres around the Nanticoke steelworks, to allow for the consideration of a large-scale developmen

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