2207 Millstream Road land-use changes

Who spoke

• A residentMixed · Millstream Road development
  States: Offers a protected 10-metre forest buffer, willingness to use R2 lots, and emergency-only access between Goldie Road and the business park.
• A residentAsks · Residential zoning and access
  Questions claims of broad support for R2 zoning and asks council to keep Trudy Terrace closed to traffic and preserve nearby green space.
• A resident (Goldie Avenue)Opposes · Residential access and traffic
  Opposes opening Trudy Place to traffic and asks why access cannot connect directly to Millstream Road instead.
• A residentMixed · Residential development and access
  Supports the business park but opposes the southeast residential lots and asks council to avoid permanent access through Trudy Terrace and Raisin Road.
• A residentOpposes · Residential development
  Opposes the proposed housing in the neighbourhood and asks council to consider another location for homes on the 81-acre site.
• A residentConcerned · Traffic and residential access
  Raises concerns about added traffic, existing congestion, and child safety, and questions routing new traffic through Trudy Terrace and Raisin Road.
• A residentOpposes · Residential development and green space
  Opposes the proposed residential homes, citing forest loss and the value of green space within the community.
• A resident (Fawn Place)Concerned · Residential development and access
  Raises concerns about tree loss, traffic, and child safety, and asks that housing access be provided from Millstream Road.
• A resident (Goldstream Avenue)Concerned · Residential development impacts
  Questions school capacity and raises concerns about safe routes to school, congestion, and wildfire risk near the proposed homes.
• A residentOpposes · Residential access and traffic
  Opposes routing residential traffic through Trudy Terrace and Raisin Road, citing danger to children on the already busy road.
• A residentAsks · Traffic, access, and environment
  Asks for access from Millstream Road and a public traffic study, citing evacuation, school-zone safety, and coastal Douglas-fir habitat concerns.
• A residentOpposes · Residential development and access
  Opposes the residential portion and its access through Raisin Road, citing a dangerous blind corner and expected traffic increases.
• A resident (Fawn Place)Supports · Residential development
  Supports development as a necessary trade-off and asks residents to consider housing needs, city services, and Langford’s quality of life.
• B. Armstrong (Rodney Road)Asks · Residential density and traffic
  Asks how many homes larger R2 lots would allow and raises concerns about traffic noise in quiet neighbourhoods.
• A resident (Selwyn Road)Mixed · Millstream access and mixed-use development
  Requests an engineering assessment of Millstream Road access and supports integrating housing with the business area.
• A resident (Luxton Road)Asks · Development impacts and community services
  Asks council to address sidewalks, youth services, and mental-health supports alongside housing development.
• A residentAsks · Assessments and decision process
  Requests transportation and environmental assessments and publication of council’s reasoning to demonstrate procedural fairness.
• A resident (Gourman Place)Opposes · Residential access and traffic
  Opposes routing traffic through Thetis Heights and asks council to use Millstream Road instead, citing safety and noise concerns.
• A resident (Selwyn Road)Supports · Residential access
  Supports access through Trudy Terrace, arguing that 30 to 60 additional lots would not create major traffic chaos or justify a difficult Millstream connection.
• A residentConcerned · Traffic, school safety, and access
  Raises concerns about congestion, school-crossing safety, and snow-related collisions, and notes potential business-security benefits from Millstream access.
• A residentOpposes · Resident input and development
  Opposes decisions contrary to residents’ wishes and argues that current residents deserve a strong voice in development affecting their neighbourhoods.
• A resident (Peacock Place)Opposes · Traffic and environmental impacts
  Opposes access through Trudy Terrace and Raisin Road, citing traffic, forest loss, and risks to Millstream Creek’s ecosystem.

Who spoke

• A residentConcerned · Millstream Road rezoning
  Challenges expectations of a 60-unit subdivision, citing past rezoning outcomes and predicting the property could eventually hold 400 homes.
• A resident (Phelps Avenue)Asks · Millstream Road rezoning
  Asks council to publicly explain views on the rezoning, noting children walk and bike to Millstream school.
• A resident (Fawn Place)Mixed · Development traffic routing
  Opposes routing development traffic through Thetis Heights, citing unsafe unlit roads, missing sidewalks, and a constrained Bellamy–Trainer intersection.