Halton Regional Chair Gary Carr is pleased that the Honourable Kathleen Wynne, Ontario Minister of Transportation has promised that the Province will not proceed with the Niagara to GTA Corridor through Burlington.
See http://webaps.halton.ca/news/mediashow.cfm?MediaID=2011-07-26-11-08-31.
According to a recent report submitted to the Ministry of Transportation, the value of the natural features of the Flamborough-Burlington area is over $900 million. This is the area the MTO is proposing to pave as part of the Niagara-to-GTA corridor.
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The Region’s planning and public works committee has approved a staff report that takes a strong stance against the Niagara-to-GTA highway.
The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is moving ahead with the Niagara-to-GTA Corridor. The most recent report includes cutting through Flamborough on the way to toll highway 407 in North Burlington. The newly formed Stop Escarpment Highway Coalition (SEHC) maintains that the …
The province has backed down on its requirement for Halton Region to include a controversial proposed transportation corridor in its regional official plan. Seven community and environmental groups have formed a coalition to fight the proposed Niagara-to-GTA corridor, including HEN …
On Monday, December 13, 2010, a meeting organized by Burlington councillors to talk about the Niagara to GTA Corridor (formerly the Mid-Peninsula Highway) was attended by over 1,200 people! Public opposition to directing this road corridor, which is proposed to run …
Although plans to build the mid-peninsula highway have been dropped, the Niagara-to-GTA corridor study still proposes to cross the escarpment in the Burlington area to connect the 403 and 407. Story at http://www.insidehalton.com/news/article/842643.
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