By Pepper Parr
May 16, 2016
BURLINGTON, ON
We learned today that the “Windows on the Lake” at Market and St Paul Street are going to be at the final drawings stage and should go out to tender very soon – and according to Rob Peachey the construction work should get done before the end of the summer.
You wouldn’t know it – but this is public property and anyone can walk out to the end and look over the lake. City will remove the boulders and the fence barrier which was illegal but the city did nothing about. The area is going to be upgraded to a Window on the Lake.
Good news – the view from those two locations is about as good as it gets – one can take a picnic basket out there and really enjoy a summer afternoon or evening.
There was a time when there could have been a nice pathway that would have joined the end of Market Street to the end of St. Paul but the current city council could not see or understand how big an opportunity they let get away on them.
What could have been – a pathway for resident to bike along and take a pleasant walk – but city council let the opportunity get away.
They had it – the city owned a significant portion of the land with the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources owning the rest – but instead the land was sold to the people whose property abutted the bits of land along the water’s edge.
The problem wasn’t with the sale of the land to private interests – some intelligent people saw the opportunity and moved quickly to buy the land. The shame is on the city council for letting that happen.
All the public gets is a small patch of land – which does have a great view. It will be interesting to see what the final drawings look like.
I am also interested in seeing all of the information that was agreed to with the City! When will all three windows on the lake be finished and what is the total budget?
What happened to The Window Ok’d for Green Street as well, approved at the same meeting as Market and St. Paul? No mention made of it in your article.