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32 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday May 17, 2006 NOTICE OF STUDY COMPLETION LAKESHORE WEST CORRIDOR RAIL EXPANSION Port Credit GO Station (Mississauga) to Kerr Street (Oakville) THE STUDY: GO Transit, the Province of Ontario's interregional public transit service for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas, has completed a Preliminary Design Study and Class Environmental Assessment for the Lakeshore West Corridor Rail Expansion. The study area is between Port Credit GO Station in the City of Mississauga and Kerr Street in the Town of Oakville. This section of the corridor currently has two tracks and the study examined adding a third track to permit increased peak period service and to improve system reliability. Proposed improvements include constructing a new track along the north side of the existing tracks from Port Credit GO Station to approximately 800 metres west of Royal Windsor Drive. At this point, all three tracks will run along the south side of Oakville Yard, then switch back to the north side between Chartwell Road and Trafalgar Road. The new track will run along the north side of the existing tracks from Trafalgar Road to west of Kerr Street where it will join the existing three-track section. BUSINESS IN OAKVILLE Region holds business plan competition Helping students make their mark Students throughout Halton are invited to enter the Ontario Secondary School Business Plan Competition to gain business experience and potentially win cash awards. Aspiring entrepreneurs can write a business plan for a company they want to start or one that's just an idea. The Halton Region Business Development Centre holds the local business plan competition each year in partnership with the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. Students can win one of five cash awards ranging from $200 to $1,000. Winners at the local level can advance to the regional competition where there are even more awards to be won. All full-time secondary school students are eligible to apply, regardless of their stream of study. Official sponsor RBC Royal Bank and a panel of business leaders will judge the entries according to a set of guidelines that can be accessed from Halton's Web site, www.halton.ca. Plans must be submitted to teachers by May 26. The deadline for submissions from schools to the business development centre is June 2. Teachers are encouraged to contact the centre for more information on getting Halton's business consultants to make in-class presentations about youth opportunities and to find more resources to help students write their business plans. For more details on the competition or other Halton youth programs call the Halton Region Business Development Centre at (905) 825-6000 or visit www.halton.ca/business. Cr 403 W IN ed M IS it R ive r Port Credit Station SI SS AU G ST A O R N D CH QEW RD W OR UR L 403 Clarkson Station Other proposed improvements include: · Widening the Credit River, Joshua Creek and the Sixteen Mile Creek bridges to accommodate the third track to the north of the existing two tracks · Widening the Lorne Park Road, Clarkson Road, and Kerr Street at-grade road crossings to the Lake QEW 16 Mile Cre Oakville ek north side of the existing two tracks Ontario Station · Constructing new rail-over-road crossings at DO R KE RV AL D RR STUDY LIMITS Mississauga and Southdown Roads to ST 403 accommodate the third track to the north of the existing two tracks · Extending four culverts to the north. At other culvert locations, retaining walls will be placed at the top of the slope to maintain existing grading and protect mature trees E RD DL M R PE UP THE PROCESS: The project classified as a Group "B" project according to GO Transit's Class EA Document (2003) will require approval under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA). The Environmental Study Report (ESR), documenting the planning and design process for the EA will be filed on the Public Record for a 45-day comment period from May 16 to June 29, 2006. The Environmental Study Report may be viewed at the following locations: GO Transit 20 Bay Street, Suite 600 Toronto, ON M5J 2W3 Town of Oakville Office of the Clerk 1225 Trafalgar Road Oakville, ON L6H 7H6 Regional Municipality of Halton Office of the Clerk 1151 Bronte Road Oakville, ON L6M 3L1 Oakville Public Library Iroquois Ridge Branch 1051 Glenashton Drive (Iroquois Ridge Community Centre) Oakville, ON L6H 6Z4 Region of Peel Office of the Clerk 10 Peel Centre Drive Brampton, ON L6T 4B9 Mississauga Public Library Lorne Park Branch 1474 Truscott Drive Mississauga, ON L5J 1Z2 Mississauga Public Library Clarkson Branch 2475 Truscott Drive Mississauga, ON L5J 2B3 City of Mississauga Office of the Clerk 300 City Centre Drive, 3rd Floor Mississauga, ON L5B 3C1 Oakville Public Library Central Branch 120 Navy Street Oakville, ON L6J 2Z4 URS Canada Inc. 75 Commerce Valley Drive East Markham, ON L3T 7N9 LA KE SH OR E RD ID W LA KE 407 SH BL VD E CH IL STUDY LIMITS For further information about this project or related background studies, please contact: Mr. Steve Jacobs, P.Eng. Project Manager URS Canada Inc. 75 Commerce Valley Drive East Markham, ON L3T 7N9 Tel: 905-882-3532 Fax: 905-882-4399 Email: steve_jacobs@urscorp.com Mr. Geoff Bubbers Corridor Manager GO Transit 20 Bay Street, 7th Floor Toronto, ON M5J 2W3 Tel: 416-869-3600 ext. 5178 Fax: 416-869-9011 Email: GeoffB@gotransit.com Gemini Concierge Services will change your life New company in Oakville makes your day-to-day life less stressful As your very own personal assistant, Gemini Concierge Services will attend to all the things that you cannot get to during your busy day or week, enabling you to balance your work and home life. Always the ones to be asked to plan the party, get the gift, do the errand, etc., Cathy and Lori-Ann pooled their talents to fill a need. They are brimming with ideas, creativity, and flare and together have vast experience in decorating/crafting/ party planning/errand running and love to shop! Cathy wrote a monthly newspaper column about clever and creative ideas for your home and entertaining. She is also a commercial actress. Having 4 years experience in the personal concierge business Lori-Ann's skills include landscaper designer, senior horticultural therapist, and is the mom of 2 girls. For information, call Cathy at 905.484.1902 or LoriAnn at 905.781.4783. Or visit www.gemeniconcierge.ca. Please forward comments about the ESR to either contact before June 29, 2006. If you feel that serious environmental concerns exist, you may write to the Minister of Environment, 135 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario M4V 1P5, copy to GO Transit and URS Canada, to request that the project be subject to a Part II Order requiring an Individual Environmental Assessment. This may result in a formal government review process being undertaken. The Governments of Canada and Ontario have jointly committed a total of $770 million to improve and expand the GO Transit rail and bus transit system in the Greater Toronto Area. Funding is being provided under the Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund. Pour plus de renseignements, veuillez composer le (416) 869-3200 ou le 1 888 GET ON GO (438 6646).