BC Greenlights Ambleside Centre Housing Plan

0:00It's April 8th. This is Canada News Today, AI-powered stories from your city. British Columbia's government just stepped in and overrode West Bank Hoover's Council deadlock, greenlighting the Ambleside Center plan to ramp up, housing right in the city's core. This tweet to their official community plan clears the way for buildings up to four stories along most of Marine Drive, and even 16 stories in, key spots, aiming to add more homes without starting from scratch. The move came after months of a three-three-vote split on Council, with the mayor stepping back because he owns property there. West Bank Hoover fell short on housing goals, building just 58 net new units against the target of 220 and blew past the December 31st, 2025 deadline for three key provincial directives. Mayor Mark Sager wasn't shocked, saying the housing minister called him personally to lay out the reasoning. He figures no one's throat about the province flexing like this, but it opens doors for extra

1:01shops, community spots, better sidewalks, and uses. Existing public infrastructure already baked into the plan. Now, the other two directives, for denser builds around park world tailor way and single, or two family zones near Ambleside and Dunderrave, are still in. The works, with beefed up reporting required from the city. The province picked Ambleside first, since staff had it ready, complete with public input and studies, even after Council yanked it from last falls. Agenda. Sager says they'll collaborate on those next steps. The locals won't buy into up zoning by Dunderrave, and any backlash will hit the province at the. Next election, they'll have to own that call as housing pressures keep mounting across the region.