The millions of dollars invested in the Owl’s Head complex to set up a world-class four-season tourist offer come with their share of inconveniences, particularly for residents of Potton County, in the Eastern Townships.
A project to build 32 chalets, which would be attached to the specialized area for its ski and golf programming, is causing dissatisfaction. Residents of Baker Road are already living with the inconveniences of Airbnb-style short-term rentals. The ten citizens who live there have filed a petition with elected officials.
They are in no way reassured now that a promoter is planning to set up an ecotourism campground there with the construction of 32 small chalets on piles. A concentration of accommodation units on such a small plot of land, the only access to which is a very small narrow road, raises fears, both in terms of security and water supply.
The problem for the municipality is that the zoning in the sector allows the use of the land for recreational tourism purposes.
Promoter Réal Dubuc, of Chalets Vacances 360 inc. did not want to grant an interview to TVA Nouvelles. He intends to present his project to elected officials and citizens as part of a meeting next Thursday.
The company Le Vertendre would not have completely abandoned its project to build eco-lodges in the same sector. A third promoter has even shown interest in building chalets there.
Mayor Bruno Côté does not hide it, the development of the ski mountain, the golf club and the residential complex projects of the Owl’s Head Corporation have aroused interest from promoters who have acquired properties and land on the territory of Potton to the possible detriment of small families who would have liked to settle there. The municipality intends to tackle the problem soon.
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