A resident of Kenmount Terrace is raising concern that access to the neighbourhood and the surrounding countryside and local trail network is being cut off for good.
Stephen Hinchey says he’s lived across from the Lady Anderson access point- a wide gap between the existing houses – since 2012.
He says hundreds of local residents have accessed the area’s trail network through that gap for years, but they’re now shocked and saddened that the spaces are now being filled in with two building lots.
He says heavy equipment moved into the area Monday and started digging, and it’s his understanding that the city of St. John’s has no provisions to preserve a pedestrian access lane in the area.
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Hinchey says residents are concerned that they’re going to lose their access. He says one of the building lots is oversized, 58 feet instead of 50 feet, and there is space there to maintain access, but he’s spoken with Councillor Tom Davis and messaged others on council and it appears as though there are no provisions to preserve a laneway, even though there is enough space to do so.
