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Gas tax cash helps to fast-track town road repairs Gas tax revenues will aid the Town of Halton Hills to speed up its road repair program as the Engineering and Public Works Department plans $10.5 million worth of projects in 2006. Last September, in anticipation of receiving gas tax revenues, town council approved a resolution to designate $1 million over the next three years ($333,000 per year) to hard-topping rural gravel roads. The Town will get $3.9 million in total gas tax revenues over the next five years. As a result of the extra cash, work will begin this year on: · Sixth Line, from 22 Sideroad to Hwy. 7 , gravel, ditching and surface treatment · Third Line, from 5 Sideroad to 10 Sideroad (phase 1), ditching and some gravel Plenty of work planned until 2014 2007 · Main St. Georgetown, from Church St. to Guelph St. · 22 Sideroad, Conc. 22 retaining wall construction · Sixth Line at Steeles Ave. S. construction · Fifth Line Realignment final construction · Bennett Centre collector road · Third Line from 5 Sideroad to 15 Sideroad · Tenth Line from River Dr. to 20 Sideroad tion improvements · 17 Sideroad, from Fourth Line to Trafalgar Rd. resurfacing, phase 1 funding only · Tenth Line reconstruction, from River Dr. to 20 Sideroad (Phase 1 funding only) This is in addition to the regular planned program: · Pavement management (2 per cent of every property tax bill goes into a designated fund to repair roads). This year, work will be done in the Bower Ave. and Church St. area of Acton. In 2007, Glen Williams streets will be worked on, and in 2008, it's back to Acton, the 2011 Kingham Rd. area this time. The · Eighth Line, from 5 Sideroad to 10 Sideroad · 17 Sideroad, from Trafalgar Rd. to Fourth following two years work will be Line, and Fourth Line, north of 17 Sideroad, resur- done on Georgetown streets. facing · Maple Ave. sidewalks, in · Mountainview Rd. and Delrex Blvd. intersec- front of the post office, and on 2012 · Glen Lawson construction · Fourth Line culvert, Lot 29 construction · Maria St. bridge removal · Tenth Line, Lot 23, bridge rehabilitation construction · Commerce Cres. construction the south side, from Main St. to Gardiner Dr. · Eastern Ave. reconstruction in a joint operation with Halton Region · Guelph and Mountainview intersection improvements (awaiting provincial government approval; it provides 90 per cent of the funding) · Realignment of Fifth Line North at Steeles Ave. · Construction of a retaining wall on College St. From 2007 to 2014, the Town of Halton Hills will spend an average $6 million a year on engineering and public works projects. This partial list (see sidebar left) does not include the various funding and engineering projects planned over the next eight years. --By Cynthia Gamble, staff writer 2008 · Queen St., Murdock St. · Wallace St., from Commerce to McDonald · Ninth Line, from 27 Sideroad to 32 Sideroad · Hume Court · 17 Sideroad, from Fourth Line to Trafalgar Rd. 2013 · Eighth Line, from Steeles Ave. to 5 Sideroad construction · Eighth Line, from Steeles S. · Glen Williams, North Bridge No. 1 rehabilitation · Main St., Glen Williams 2009 · Glen bridge rehabilitation construction · Main St., Glen Williams, from Confederation to Mountainview Rd. · Main St. Acton from the urban limit to Knox St. 2010 · McNabb St., from King St. to the CNR · 27 Sideroad Rd., Concession 9 bridge construction · Commerce Cres. construction 2014 · Ninth Line, Steeles S. construction · Guelph St. resurfacing from Maple Ave. to Mountainview Rd. · Knoll removal on 15 Sideroad at Fourth Line