Environment Minister Steven Myers says plan will help climate change goals
Sections of the Souris boardwalk were upended on Oct. 14, 2022 after post-tropical storm Fiona. The storm brought a heightened awareness to the topic of shoreline protection in P.E.I. - Stu NeatbyCHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — The P.E.I. government is hoping to buy up coastal land in hopes of shoring up its conservation and shoreline protection efforts.
“We want to work side-by-side with landowners to establish sustainable solutions to protect our waterways,” Environment, Energy and Climate Action Minister Steven Myers said in the statement. Myers has said this order halted the permits of 75 developments. SaltWire Network has asked for a list of these developments, but as of deadline on Feb. 9, the Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action had yet to provide a copy.
The departments of environment and agriculture and land have said the previous Point DeRoche home on the property had already been within the buffer zone and that the new footprint could be used for a new construction under a “current working policy.”
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