Logical approach?

Dear Editor:

We have lots of developers in the area wanting to build multi-storey buildings but are facing the pushback of residents and the logistics of creating parking spots.

Meanwhile, we keep opening up farm fields for sprawling detached homes. A simple solution to the need for rental properties and to keep our existing cores at minimal storeys is to mandate that all of these new subdivisions have at least one apartment building.

The town can easily make this a reality. New buyers would know that there is an apartment around them before they purchase, and existing residents can choose to remain in their two-storey-max neighbourhoods.

With the drive to create so much living space over the next few years, how is this not the most logical approach?

Lance Henderson,
Centre Wellington