Large wetland near Tewin development gets protected

It means no development can take place on 561 hectares of swamp and marsh that hug Highway 417 east of the urban core.

Hundreds of hectares of land immediately east of the planned future suburb of Tewin are now protected as provincially significant wetland — one of the biggest wetland designations the City of Ottawa has embarked on in several years.

It means no development can take place on 561 hectares of swamp and marsh that hug Highway 417 east of the urban core.