 Image - Google Satellite For eight long-years the community of Bradner has been fending off industrial development - the majority of us breath a huge sigh of relief with each failed Agriculture Land Reserve (ALR) exclusion application for 331 acres on Bradner's western border, and brace in apprehension for when the next application will be attempted.
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 Image - Submitted - Mt. Lehman Neighbourhood Systems of Environmental Protection Project Report Bradner – Mt. Lehman Neighbourhood Systems of Environmental Protection Project Report. Aleesha Switzer, RPBio with the Fraser Valley Conservancy, and support of the Vancouver Foundation and the City of Abbotsford has published an environmental project report specific to our communities of Bradner and Mt. Lehman.
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Wetlands Threatened by Expanding Industustrial Developments on Langley and Abbotsford Border5/7/2019  Brit Gardner - I went for a Langley walk yesterday along the West Creek headwaters, in Gloucester Industrial Estates. Close to where I grew up. Thanks to the beavers, these wetlands are a beautiful, thriving, and complete ecosystem. The creek headwaters are home to salmon spawning, geese, ducks, rare and migratory birds, rabbits, and countless other wildlife.
 Image - Submitted The City of Abbotsford gave Rogers Communications the go ahead to install a new cell tower at 6738 Bradner Rd. with expired public consultation.
 On Friday April 27th, 2018, the Agriculture Land Commission (ALC) reached its decision on the City of Abbotsford's Agriculture Land Reserve (ALR) exclusion application that proposed to remove 201.09 Hectares / 496.9 Acres from the ALR for Industrial use. The city had proceeded with the application, despite public opposition - leaving the communities affected on the edge of their seats awaiting the results.
 On February 16th, 2018, the Abbotsford News published an article about what Mayor Henry Braun thinks will happen with the recent ALR exclusion application - submitted by the City itself, despite the huge public outcry in opposition. The application was made to the Agriculture Land Commission (ALC) in late 2017, asking the ALC for nearly 700 acres of farmland in Abbotsford to be removed from the ALR for industrial parks - 331 acres in Bradner and 380 acres in South Mt. Lehman by the airport.
 In recent years Bradner residents have seen a HUGE increase in rural traffic as commuters shortcut Hwy 11 to the freeway on Harris and 58th Ave - and industrial traffic shortcuts via Lefevure Road to the Fraser Hwy. Parents must guard their children catching school busses along these routes due to huge volumes of traffic traveling daily - at super high speeds. Trucks ignore the 'Not a Truck Route' signs. Commuters pass on double lines and whip around corners that are negatively banked instigating g-forces that threaten to launch vehicles into oncoming lanes or off the road entirely.
 While Bradner is bracing for the decision on yet another Agriculture Land Reserve (ALR) exclusion application that keeps growing in acreage - now affecting over 699 acres of designated farmland in Abbotsford - this time submitted by the City of Abbotsford itself - the many reasons that the Agriculture Land Commision (ALC) DENIED the last application in January 2016 will provide a glimmer of hope to the affected communities.
 Join the open house at Bradner Hall on Monday, November 27th, 2017, 6 - 8 pm, make your voice heard by the Abbotsford City staff.
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