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OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, August 26, 2009 · 10 Vision ­ To be the most livable town in Canada New Transit Grid Routes = More Convenience & More Service Across Town As of September 6, Oakville Transit riders will notice a few changes to the regular route schedules. The new grid routes mean more ways to get across town. Before you go to your regular bus stop on September 6, please visit www.oakvilletransit.ca for new schedules and routes. Some routes may now have a new route number, others may be a completely new route, yet others may have been combined with other routes. New transit maps and schedules will be available at the Oakville Transit head office on Wyecroft Road,Town Hall on Trafalgar Road, and Glen Abbey, River Oaks and Iroquois Ridge Community Centres. Fixed route bus service replaces Zone Express service. As of September 6, 2009, those areas serviced by Zone Express will now enjoy the convenience of regular Monday ­ Friday, weekend and holiday fixed route service. You will no longer have to call ahead to book a ride....just check the schedule, and hop on the bus. For new schedule routes and times, visit www.oakvilletransit.ca. For complete details, visit www.oakvilletransit.ca or call 905-815-2020. NOTICE OF COMPLETION Oakville Transit Bus Garage Construction Environmental Assessment & Preliminary Design The Town of Oakville has completed an Environmental Project Report in accordance with Ontario Regulation 231/08 for the Oakville Transit Bus Garage Construction Environmental Assessment and Preliminary Design. Following Town of Oakville Council approval in principle of the 2007 Transit Facilities Strategy, the Town retained Giffels Associates Limited / IBI Group to prepare the Oakville Transit Bus Garage Environmental Assessment and Preliminary Design. This strategy identifies a need to acquire a new site and construct a new single facility that provides all essential functions including administration, operations, maintenance and storage. The preferred new location is at 430 Wyecroft Road in the Town's central industrial area south of the QEW. The ability to maintain existing service quality is being compromised and there is no opportunity for further growth of transit services at the current location. The environmental impact of this transit project was assessed and an Environmental Project Report prepared according to the transit project assessment process as prescribed in Ontario Regulation 231/08, Transit Projects and Greater Toronto Transportation Authority Undertakings. The Environmental Project Report for the Oakville Transit Bus Garage Construction Environmental Assessment is now available for a 30-day review period starting August 21, 2009 at the following locations: 1. Ministry of the Environment Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch 2 St. Claire Avenue West, Floor 12 A, Toronto, Ontario M4V 1L5 2. Ministry of the Environment Central Region Office 5775 Younge St. 8th Floor, North York ON M2M 4J1 3. Clerks and Egineering and Construction Departments at Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville ON L6J 5A6 4. All Oakville Public Library Branches The Environmental Project Report will also be posted on www.oakvilletransit.ca There are circumstances in which the Minister of the Environment has the authority to require further consideration of the transit project, or impose conditions on it, if the Minister is of the opinion that: H 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 H The transit project may have a negative impact on a constitutionally protected aboriginal or treaty right. Before exercising this authority, the Minister is required to consider any written objections to the transit project that he may receive within 30 days after this Notice of Completion of the Environmental Project Report is first published. Interested persons are encouraged to review this document and provide comments by September 21, 2009. Comments and concerns may be directed to the project contacts listed below. If you have unresolved concerns, you have the right to submit an objection to this transit project to the Minister of the Environment no later than September 21, 2009. The Honourable John Gerretsen, Minister of the Environment, 12th Floor, 135 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario, M4V 1P5. Fax: 416-314-7337. Minister.moe@ontario.ca. Although not required, a copy of the objection is requested to be forwarded to the Director and project contacts listed. Further information on this Environmental Assessment is available by contacting either of the following project contacts. Ms. Agatha Garcia-Wright, Acting Director, Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch, Ministry of Environment, 12th Floor, 2 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, ON M4V 1L5. Tel: 416-314-7288. agatha.garciawright@ontario.ca. Ms. Saher Fazilat, Project Manager, New Construction, Town of Oakville, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6J 5A6. Tel: 905-845-6601 ext. 3620. sfazilat@oakville.ca. Mr. Don Drackley, MCIP, RPP, Senior Associate, Giffels Associates Limited/IBI Group, 379 Queen Street South, Kitchener, ON, N2G 1W6. Tel: 519-745-9455 ext. 1302. ddrackley@ibigroup.com. Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Environmental Assessment Act, unless otherwise stated in the submission, any personal information such as name, address, telephone number and property location included in a submission will become part of the public record files for this matter and will be released, if requested, to any person. Notice first posted August 20, 2009