Editor:
The property on School Road that Gibsons is considering to sell to a developer is an extremely valuable town asset, not only because of the much-needed parking spots, but also because of the gardens and mature trees around the two parking lots and Inglis Park at the corner of School Road and Gibsons Way.
Even though the developer promised to keep the park, its existing form would surely be destroyed by the needed construction access for building his condos if the town sells the lot. The town now does a great job maintaining these green spaces, which adds much to the character of Lower Gibsons. The above-ground parking is barely visible because of the many mature trees and shrubs and, for municipal parking lots, they are quite attractive.
If the town didn’t sell the lot, this treed area along School Road would remain a good buffer between the mostly single-family homes on one side of School Road and the proposed various condo developments that will soon be built along Gibsons Way on the other side of School Road, especially now that the properties adjacent to the Stonehurst property have just been sold for many millions of dollars. Gibsons should not sell one of the few treed lots in Lower Gibsons to a developer.
Denis Prevost, Gibsons
