A resident living along Landmark's Main Street says she totally objects to what is being proposed in Tache's development plan review.

"There's too many problems in it," says Hettie Penner. "It's not done properly."

Some of the major changes in the development plan would see the east end of the municipality allow large rural lots to be subdivided, their main streets in Lorette and Landmark be allowed to have mixed uses including residential and light commercial and settlement areas like Linden, Ste. Genevieve and Ross be allowed to subdivide properties into smaller lots.

Penner says one of the problems she has is that the revised plan connects Lorette and Landmark as one unit. She says the two communities are quite different in their languages, backgrounds and make up of main street and should be viewed separately.

Furthermore, Penner says she has been told the purpose of this development plan is to zone Landmark Main Street entirely commercial. She says if you add more commercial to Landmark Main Street, you will only increase traffic.

"We can't handle it," she says. "We're not equipped on our highway for that kind of traffic, for more commercial."

Penner says her opinion would be that no more commercial or residential be allowed on Main Street. That includes higher density housing, meaning condominiums, something being proposed.

According to Penner, there has been a lack of communication between Tache council and residents living along Landmark Main Street. Penner claims she has been saying for years that the two sides need to sit down and work out the plan together, rather than have council simply take the advice of Local Urban District members.

"We bought and paid for our residential house, we put money into it, as investment for future, why should they have the power to go against our wishes?" questions Penner.

Tache Mayor Robert Rivard has indicated he is hoping to have changes to the development plan approved by early fall.

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