Rothesay Council may approve rezoning of 7 Hillcrest Drive tonight to allow for higher density housing in the town. The proposal has run into opposition from nearby homeowners and been revised.
Municipalities will have to become age friendly in the years ahead especially in a place like New Brunswick with its aging population according to a paper released by the Institute for Research on Public Policy.
Glenn Miller of the Canadian Urban Institute says suburban municipalities have made cosmetic changes with more park benches and lighting but those aren’t nearly enough.
He says what they really need is take the bull by the horns and really change the way we actually build and design our cities which he argues requires major policy changes.
Miller says they will include higher density housing. He points out older people in the suburbs who want to downsize find a shortage of housing options to choose from.
