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www.independentfreepress.com Ted Arnott ............... 7 Sports .................... 10 Calendar ............... 11 Directory ............... 13 Classifieds ... 14, 15 50 Cents (+ GST) Circulation: 22,800 HOME SHOW Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce hosts its Home and Leisure Show 4-PAGE SECTION EARTH WEEK Check out today's section for various Earth Week events 4-PAGE SECTION 32 Pages Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper THE INDEPENDENT & FREE PRESS ...she turns 93! TUESDAY, April 12, 2011 She's a volunteer driver, Acton's top citizen and tomorrow... New highway options to be studied By LISA TALLYN Staff Writer A new four-lane highway cutting through rural Halton Hills running from Milton to north of Vaughan is closer to being a real possibility after the first stage of an Environmental Assessment for the GTA West Corridor Study. During the fourth round of consultation in the Study two alternatives for a future highway in the area were recommended to be carried forward for more detailed analysis. Both options include a new transportation corridor running through south Halton Hills between Hwy. 400 and Hwy. 401-- one terminates at Hwy. 401 and Hwy. 407, and the other at Hwy. 401 west of Milton. The EA has determined that elements of both those alternatives will be required resulting in a combination of a new transportation corridor to Hwy. 401 west of Milton, and a north-south link to Hwy. 401 at the 407 ETR. The study proposes the new transportation corridor that spans across south Halton Hills be protected in the short term, and the MTO designate the lands for the corridor following the completion of Environmental Assessment. The location of the exact alignment of the corridor will be determined through the next stage of the EA process-- a route planning study, following the finalization of the Transportation Development Strategy, said Ministry of Transportation spokesperson Emna Dhahak. See TOWN, pg. 4 Versatile volunteer Dorothy Rognvaldson was named Acton's 2011 Citizen of the Year last week. She's set to mark her 93rd birthday on Wednesday. Photo by Ted Brown Vi s i t o u r s h o w r o o m · your window & door professionals · 341 Guelph St., Unit 3 Georgetown 905.873.0236 www.buy-wise.ca info@buy-wise.ca · awarded readers choice 16 times · 33 MOUNTAINVIEW RD. N., GEORGETOWN 905-877-6944 7e HANDLE ALL INSURANCE work. sTruck Accessories s5PHOLSTEry s(Eavy %QUIPMENT 'LASS s7INDow 4INTING 354 Guelph Street, Georgetown (905) 873-1655