The Agricultural Land Reserve is undergoing the biggest challenge to its mandate in 40 years, with 616 acres of fallow land in Delta becoming ground zero in the battle
The soils are shallow. Less than a quarter of the land is in production. The irrigation, without a source of water nearby, is negligible—and thanks to Boundary Bay, it’s prone to saltwater flooding. “This is not good farmland,” says Sean Hodgins.
Hodgins, a developer and president of Century Group, has a submission before Delta town council to redevelop 616 acres of fallow land—straddling the U.S. border in Tsawwassen—known as Southlands.
Jacob Parry -BC Business -OCT 7, 2015.
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