Key Reasons to Protect Butternut Creek and 630 Gore Road
The Butternut Creek area serves as a vital community space for exercise, outdoor education in local schools, and meaningful engagement with nature.
The site is potential habitat for threatened species and supports migratory birds alongside diverse wildlife.
It features unique natural formations, including crystal-clear, vulnerable streams.
The property is hydrologically connected to a Provincially Significant Wetland, forming a de facto critical ecological corridor in Kingston’s East end.
Located on inferred karst topography, the site may create direct pathways between surface water and regional aquifers, which supply drinking water wells.
Fragmentation of turtle habitat may pose serious threats to local turtle populations.
Potential Impacts of Development at 630 Gore Road
Loss of irreplaceable ecosystems and possible degradation to Butternut Creek, which is an environmentally protected area.
Require new sewage infrastructure that would have pipe waste crossing the Creek, placing local water and aquatic ecosystems at risk.
Increased traffic congestion at the Waaban Crossing, Highway 15, and adjacent intersections.
Cost taxpayer dollars to build and maintain roads and other infrastructure in an area outside the urban boundary.