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| Southeast Quadrant |
Below is a synopsis of what the Southeast Quadrant Neighbourhood offers North Saanich residents and what the Parks Commission recommendations for improvements are. For detailed findings and recommendations please review the full 2010 Southeast Quadrant Neighbourhood Inventory Report. Please note that although the narratives are complete in the report, some of the tables and maps may not be at this time. This deficiency is being remedied.
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Neighbourhood Summary
This neighbourhood is the second most densely populated area of North Saanich. About one fifth of the neighbourhood is agricultural land, the largest property being the Federal Centre for Plant Health (Dominion Experimental Farm) that straddles East Saanich Road. The limited-access Highway 17 bisects the neighbourhood into two areas. The two portions are linked within the District by Mctavish Road and the Amity Road pedestrian overpass. Travel from one area of the neighbourhood to the other, a direct distance of a few tens of meters will often require road travel of several kilometers.
The Neighbourhood contains 13 ha of developed parkland distributed among five parks, one of which, the intensively used waterfront Cy Hampson Park (6.1 ha), lies on the east side of Highway 17. |
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| There are four active beach accesses off Lochside Drive and seven more unopened (potential )accesses. Approximately 1500 m of trails and sidewalks lie on the west side of Highway 17, one of them connecting with the Amity Road overpass. Two circular trails in Cy Hampson Park add another 1600 m to the neighbourhood network. Cycle lanes extend along East Saanich Road from the Central Saanich border north to Willingdon Road and along Lochside Road from Fentress Road north to the Town of Sidney. Once the McTavish Road interchange is completed, safe cycling connections with Sidney will be available from all parts of the neighbourhood. |
| Recommendation Summary |
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This area may experience an increase in population due to the approval for legalization of rental suites. This possible increase in population, in addition to the current high density of this neighbourhood and the adjacent Dean Park neighbourhood, might need to be carefully considered in assessing the requirement for additional parks, developed beach accesses, and view points. Three wooded waterfront lots at the south end of Bazan Bay owned by the District are in the process of being designated as parkland. It is recommended that the opportunity to develop this property as a passive, natural waterfront park be pursued as part of the 5-year Park Plan. Several other more modest improvements/additions are proposed. |
Any comments regarding these findings can be directed to Parks Commissioner John Enright at 250-655-4022 or through e-mail.
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