What are Area Designation Agreements?
Area Designation Agreements are a co-operative planning tool used by FREMP partners and municipalities to develop a shared understanding of planned future uses of the foreshore within the Fraser River estuary. Area Designations are also used as a means to resolving disputes regarding acceptable foreshore uses in specific areas. Area designations are applied to the foreshore only. That is, they apply to lands and waters on the wetted side of the high water mark. The development of Area Designation Agreements, however, is intended to link the work of different jurisdictions, leading to better coordination between upland and foreshore planning. Area Designations are non-binding in a legal sense, but are respected as policy when FREMP partners develop and revise planning documents.
