Community rally kicks off in Jarvis against proposed housing development

A community rally is set to kick off Friday morning in rural Haldimand County to protest against a housing and development plan. The gathering will start around 9 a.m. according to Bobbi Ann Brady, Haldimand-Norfolk MPP. Jarvis, in the Nanticoke area, is the closest community to where the development site is along Lake Erie. The proposed plan would see about 10,000 homes built over the next 50 years on 4,200 acres of land next to Stelco's Lake Erie works. There is currently a Minister’s Zoning Order up for public review for the next month that would allow the government to build the massive project. Local residents remains divided about the plan with many concerned about losing jobs and costs related to the development. The developers said in an email to CHCH News that each phase of growth would happen over decades so that community infrastructure can be planned and funded along with it.