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The IFP - Halton Hills | Thursday, August 25, 2022 | 8 theifp.ca & METROLINX GO Expansion: Heritage Road Layover Project and Transit Project Assessment Process Notice of Completion of Environmental Project Report Metrolinx has completed an Environmental Project Report (EPR) in accordance with the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) as prescribed in Ontario Regulation 231/08 for the Heritage Road Layover Project. As part of the GO Expansion Program, Metrolinx is building a transit service that will improve how residents and customers move throughout the region. GO Expansion will offer more service with faster trains, more stations, and seamless connections to a regional rapid transit network to create better, faster, and easier travel within the region and broader Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. The Project Metrolinx is proposing to construct a new layover, Heritage Road Layover (the Project), between Georgetown GO Station and Mount Pleasant GO Station. The layover will provide additional storage capacity to support the planned service expansion to implement two-way, all-day service along the Kitchener Corridor from Union GO Station to Kitchener GO Station. Project Location The Project Site is adjacent to the Canadian National Railway (CN) within the Halton Subdivision portion of the Kitchener Corridor. The Project Site is between Heritage Road and Winston Churchill Boulevard in the City of Brampton, Regional Municipality of Peel. 30-Day Public Review: August 19, 2022 to September 19, 2022 The environmental impact of the transit project was assessed and an Environmental Project Report (EPR) was prepared in accordance with the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) as prescribed in Ontario Regulation 231/08 - Transit Projects and Metrolinx Undertakings (made under the Environmental Assessment Act). The EPR for the Heritage Road Layover project is now available for a 30-day public review period starting August 19, 2022 on the project website: Li i idor-herit d. Ps: ig layover. If you have any project-related questions, or would like to provide input, interested persons are encouraged to review the document(s) and provide comments by September 19, 2022 to: Attn: Simon Strauss Manager, Environmental Programs and Assessment Metrolinx 10 Bay Street, Toronto, ON M5J 2W3 tel: 416-202-7500 (Peel Region); 416-938-9930 (Halton Region) e-mail: peel|@metrolinx.com (Peel Region); haltonregion@metrolinx.com (Halton Region) There are circumstances where the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has the authority to require further consideration of the transit proje impose conditions on it. These include if the Minister is of the opinion that: © The transit project may have a negative impact on a matter of provincial importance that relates to the natural environment or has cultural heritage value or interest; or * The transit project may have a negative impact on a constitutionally protected Aboriginal or treaty right. Before exercising the authority referred to above, the Minister is required to consider any written objections to the transit project that he or she may receive within 30 days THIS NOTICE WAS FIRST ISSUED ON AUGUST 18, 2022. 2 ? », $s Yy, of first publishing the Notice of Completion. If you have discussed your issues with the proponent(s) and you object to the project, you can provide a written submission to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks by no later than September 19, 2022, to the email provided below. All submissions must clearly indicate that an objection is being submitted and describe any negative impacts to matters of provincial importance (natural/cultural environment) or Aboriginal rights. Ministry of the Environment, Conservation & Parks Environmental Assessment Branch Attn: Jordan Hughes Project Officer 135 St, Clair Avenue West, 1* Floor Toronto, ON M4V 1P5 tel: 437-770-6953 e-mail: jordan. hughes@ontario.ca Comments and information regarding this project are being collected to assist in meeting the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act. All personal information included in a submission, (such as name, address, telephone number and property location) is collected, maintained and disclosed by the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for the purpose of transparency and consultation. The information is collected under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act or is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public as described in s. 37 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Personal information you submit will become part of a public record that is available to the general public unless you request that your personal information remain confidential. For more information, please contact the Senior Privacy Officer for Metrolinx at 416-202-5941. Pour plus de renseignements, veuillez appeller le 416 874-5900 ou le 1 888 GET-ON-GO (438-6646).