Canadians Fighting Condo Development at Juno Beach

[bigtmac19]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jun...ment-1.6381018

I’m certainly opposed to this. It’s such a beautiful area and this would really take away from the solemnity of this sacred place

[TorqueDog]

"And now to think that there are condos going up right next to [the beach], where people can go on holidays and hoot and holler and play their radios loud on this battlefield just made me sick to my stomach."

This sort of pearl-clutching bullsh-t is not winning my sympathies.

Unlike the Save Juno Beach group, the museum says it is not categorically opposed to the possibility of construction near the site of the landings.

"We are not generally opposed to projects like these on former battlegrounds; the French deserve to enjoy the freedoms our veterans' sacrifice brought them," the Juno Beach Centre statement reads.

The dispute between the developer and the Juno Beach Centre has largely centred on the usage of a road — named la Voie des Français Libres — constructed and operated by the museum.

Foncim plans to use the road during the construction. The museum has tried to block access to the developer on the grounds that construction will disrupt access to the site.

"We have great concern for the impact that this will have on the Juno Beach Centre," the museum says.

This is a far more reasonable concern, with that being a road the museum constructed and maintains, and wanting to ensure continued access to the museum.

Build the project but find another means of access for the developers and construction so that the museum is protected.

[GreenLantern]

Most of the people fighting it are probably the people who already reside in the area and that will have their view ruined by these condos

Classic development move, the old bait and switch and watch your property value drop over night.

[calgarygeologist]

I see no issue with this. It is a relatively small development of only 66 units and the museum doesn't oppose it so it should be fine.