Government receives report on coastal development

The P.E.I. government says it will implement all 16 recommendations included in a report on coastal development released Tuesday by the UPEI-based Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation.  Steven Myers, the Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Action commissioned the research earlier this year when he ordered a moratorium on new development in the buffer zone.  The 16 recommendations in the report include developing a public beach access policy; developing shoreline management plans for PEI’s 17 regional coastal areas;  making coastal hazard disclosure mandatory; and expanding the environmental buffer zone based on changing conditions.