The mayor of Pickering wants Premier Doug Ford’s help to have land set aside in the 1970s for a never-built international airport eventually opened up for housing.
Kevin Ashe has written to provincial Housing Minister Paul Calandra formally requesting he revoke a 1972 minister’s zoning order (MZO) that prevents construction of any houses or apartment towers on properties adjacent to the federal-owned Pickering Airport Lands.
Premier Doug Ford’s office has maintained it had no role in selecting the lands to be removed from the Greenbelt.
Premier Doug Ford is racing to show progress on the proposed Highway 413 against the backdrop of Thursday’s Milton tightly fought byelection.
Community groups such as Land Over Landings worry about the airport project’s impact on agricultural land.