Why does HRM need a Regional Plan?
Growth is good for HRM. It's exciting. It offers many possibilities and opportunities. But it needs to be anticipated, planned for and managed. That's the role of a regional plan.
The plan will create a strategy to both manage growth and preserve what our citizens tell us they need and want: protected environment, efficient transportation, and a strong economy.
 The regional plan will propose ways to maintain the safe, vibrant, healthy way of life that draws people to HRM and keeps them here.
Without a regional plan, HRM risks losing the very quality of life that residents value.
Benefits of Regional Planning
HRM's Regional Plan will:
- Identify fiscally & environmentally sustainable areas for settlement
- Identify economic opportunities & risks, positioning HRM for success
- Respond to the value HRM citizens place on our environment
- Enable region-wide decisions on transportation & other services
- Maximize the benefits of our key assets, like Halifax Harbour, water frontages & the Capital District
- Provide guidance for making the existing community plans work together for the future of our whole region
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