From the Niagara Falls Review:
Grand Niagara golf course got city approval to expand its resort, but still needs to overcome opposition from its Grassy Brook Road neighbours to get the road closures a resort representative says it needs.
“That’s the talk of the town where we live,” said Denis Boulet, summing up the rural residents’ concerns about the golf resort’s expansion plans.
Grand Niagara opened its Rhys Jones-designed course last year south of the Welland River and north of Biggar Road. The company also has plans for another course, a hotel and a “lifestyle residential community” of townhouse condominiums.
They had asked city council for zoning and official plan amendments needed to expand onto 22 hectares west of Morris Road and eight hectares north of Grassy Brook Road. They also want to add a 220-unit residential area.
On a recorded vote, council voted 8-1 in favour of the zoning and official plan amendments. Ald. Janice Wing voted against them.