City Council voted to defer a motion to approve until the concerns are addressed.
There appears to be a new opponent to a proposed residential development in Kingston.
City Council was to have voted on a report on Tuesday but city staff received a last-minute objection by Canadian National Railway. The parcel of land that the homes were to be built on Centennial Dr is situated next to the CNR tracks.
After the motion was introduced, Mayor Bryan Paterson said that Council received correspondence from CN indicating that they were not included in the comments about the proposed development.
He added that those comments are important and should be considered when making their decision. Those comments were about a noise study related to the proposed development.
Paterson requested that the motion be deferred and it was approved by Council.
The development has been under scrutiny as it would require the removal of 475 trees. Groups like No Clearcut Kingston have voiced their concerns about how the removal of the trees would impact the landscape and environment.
The city's Planning Committee on Thursday did not recommend that the city proceed with the development at this time.
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