A long-vacant Prince of Wales property could soon be developed. Residents fear it will make Hunt Club traffic worse

Dennis Saikaley remembers a time when cows, not cars, were the most common sight along Prince of Wales Drive.

His father built a home there in the mid-1940s, and as a young boy in the 1960s, he watched cattle graze in sprawling pastures near what is now the bustling intersection of Prince of Wales Drive and West Hunt Club Road.

Back then, the area was little more than farmland, with a scattering of houses and the occasional vehicle travelling along what was known as the Prescott Highway. Since then, so much has changed.

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A long-vacant Prince of Wales property could soon be developed. Residents fear it will make Hunt Club traffic worse

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