Correspondence from Darlene Watson regarding View Royal Bike Park
A resident email complaining about noise and lack of privacy due to the new bike park near Paddock Place.
From: DARLENE WATSON Sent: September-06-19 7:40 AM To: View Royal Planning planning@viewroyal.ca Subject: bike park
Good morning,
I would like to congratulate you on your highly successful and popular bike park.
There are many kids and parents yelling and screaming from dawn to dusk.
I will have you know that I voted against this park. And now it is practically in my back yard and in my face. Any and all of my peace, quiet and privacy is 100% gone. Clearly it is for the young families that live in the townhouses, so I have to wonder why this park was not built on the other side of the playground. Also, there is very little space from my back gate to get to the dog park.
When I moved here 3 and a half years ago, one of the things important to me was the peacefulness and the gate that led to the park. Now I find myself propping a chair in the front yard facing the road instead of enjoying my swing chair on my back deck. The environment that I am creating in my back yard is done for and I am extremely disappointed and put out.
So asking you to move the park is most likely out of the question. What I would like to see and hope you have already considered is a noise\visual\privacy barrier between me and the bike park. A continuation of the established shrubbery that is there would be great or something of the like that would also allow me access to the dog park.
Darlene Watson 136 Paddock Place