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PROPOSED 850-ACRE

$120m Bowen

VELOPMENT WOULD RAISE ISLAND POPULATION BY 600

sland

NEWS photo Ee Schroter
Transit bus depot. Rainy days don’t stop Nofield from ensuring that the fleet

resort plan unveiled

THE PL?

for a proposed 850-acre, $120-million Bowen

Isiand residential-resort: development were unveiled Satur-
day on the island in a special open house organized by the

project's dev rlopers.

And while tie proposal for the
Cowan Point Resort has net set
been turmally presented ta the
Eshends Trust. which is the tind-use
uuthority on Bos en island. the
size of the protect bas already ritis-
ed the evebrows Gf some Bowen
Island residettts.

David Moran. ene of twee

ae

Islands Trust trustees on Bowen
Island, said Priday he hid not seen
detailed piuns for the project, “but
soa nrens big deselopment. i
wilt requure a change to the official

community plan.”

He said it would alsa place
substantial demands on the
island’s infrastructure and its ab
ready crowded ferry transportation
link.

“When vou add a population
like this to the island.’ Mlorgan
sald, die ferry system has ta be
uperaded with the project. mol
after.”

But the resert's desclopers say
the kes fo presensing Bowen
Island's cutal character in come

bination with growth in area popu-
lation and tourism is with such
comprehensive, controtled devel
apments as Cowan Point.

The proposed resort would be
built on SSO acres of private lend
in southeast Rawe: Istand stret-
ching from abose Josephine Lake
ta Sesmtour Bay and sould tnclide
ao resort lode with euest cotlipes,
cluster greenbelt) housing. ku
rural tesidential fot. and an pS.
hoie volt course.

Over 220 acres would be devoted

to recreation and open space.
According to plans for the
sesort, the fodge and cuest cottages
would have facilides for 200
guests. The greenbelt housing
would consist of 19} lots averaging
Sof an acre per for, while the 192
tural lots, accounting for approx:

mately STS acres, would average

2.5 aeres each.

‘The resort wit be developed by
West Vancouver's Praxis Group
See Ferry
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