Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 6, 1973, p. 3

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27000 Halton acres in green Legislation designed to curb urban sprawl in Ontario will see about 27 acres southern County reserved as green belt area The acres will compose part of a massive park way running from Dundas to Markham announced Monday at Queen Park The concent involves acres of land and an estimated cost of to million The bell varies in width from feet near Melton to a maximum width of about two miles The bell will surround Milton three sides leaving the town north open It circles an area designated as a future urban centre in North Oakvllle A wide strip of the belt running along the east side of Highway separates designated future urban centres In North Burlington and North Southern boundary While It t stated in govern releases the belt running cast west between Burn and Lower Base Line In is a sound In of where Central southern boundary will be in a regional government set up That stretch is located 100 feet north of an existing hydro right of way and designates a future regional transit system The green belt makes provision eventually for three urban centres within Central Milton as it currently exists and two urban centre one in North and the other in North Burlington will all be separated from each other by the green belt The same belt that it is believed will form the southern boundary of Central borough in regional government also appears to be designed as a buffer between what will be Central and Oakvllle an one side and Burlington on the other A belt splintering south off the main line at a point north of High way running on cither side of the Bronte Creek to the takeshore will provide green space between the existing towns of Burlington and Oakvllle This area will be known as Bronte cul and fill The relief will be given to golf Individual s cherished mark of independence and there was time when the owner enjoyed the j land to effect three sides by green lake providing boundary The belt running from a point Just east of Milton to will provide the route for future Highway 07 Highway will eventually be extended from the intersection of the present and the Queen Elizabeth High way and run along the southern boundary of the Central borough and easterly from there to Toronto Airport Multiple purpose Provincial planners claim the belt will serve number of purposes II will aid in defining and separating communities and il I communities with service corridors allow ng movement of people and goods It will provide aland reserve for Ihe fulure and for needs not forsccn at this lime It is also designed to recreational land at the nek doors of urban complexes the government claims The belt will prevent residential development from flowing from one municipality to another and serve as a buffer between the two According to policy statement made Monday the belt will also serve as a service corridor Rather than having parallel routes for various services such as electricity highways telephone lines and pipelines for water and sewage all services can be run along a common corridor One key advantage of group ng such services is to avoid wastage of land Protection offered The concept will also a d in meeting the needs of the urban Ravines valleys itanlcal gardens and parts of protected and tree stands must Stringent guidelines not be sacrificed unnecessarily to The planning restrictions road widening and develop private land arc more stringent privilege than any In the history of the whatever Temporary planning province Premier William Davis illations which came into told a meeting of and e noted however checks had feet Monday put a freeze on all municipal councillors at Queen s be taken to prevent in j in compatible use of land so the rrounaca on v ine scape and open space could belt with the The regulations invoked Ihe vital necessity of preserved for future the fourth Monday wl serve as holding checking urban sprawl of orations device until municipal officio preserving community identity In his speech Davis stressed plans and by laws are amended and of ensuring that there will Ihe need for province tXvl lrcflecl the policy of the park always be sufficient green space a hand in panning and the grey determining the use of land in The premier said ownership of Ontario A PARKWAY BELT stretching from to was proposed by the provincial government Monday In all acres are involved and 27 000 of those acrtjs are in Halton County The Acton Free Wednesday June 1973 M0teMeM0M Creek Park Both Oakvllle and lnnda in Monday I am sure that Burlington are surrounded on all members of the 1 conforming uses Industr and homes in the now won be disturbed According to the report per mission II be given for par t kinds of development if development meets the principles of the concept New residential or industrial develop ment will not be allowed According to the report the province plans to purchase Ihe acres over an extended Urge GUARDs attend Toronto mass meeting Representatives of GUARD Group United Against Rural Dumping were urged period of time Over 12 acres In a demonstration and of belt land is now in public meeting of all Ontario P groups fighting rural dumping at Although the land use he University of Toronto restrictions go into effect im grounds on Wednesday June mediately there is provision for at p munic polities and the general The motto of the Garbage public to suggest changes and Coalition Ungarbage modifications on the plan Ontario and the purpose of After a period of public meeting is to focus attention hearings the treasurer will proper treatment of reusable point a board to conduct public wa materials for those in hearings and report back Once power Ihe hearings are over and the Outlines aims plan Is amended and adopted it GUARD head Bill Johnson will become binding and private outlined the purposes and aims of development will be carried on the larger body at the meeting at without conflicting with the the home of Fred Brooks Mass Parkway Belt West plan public demands on elected Golf Course About half of the land involved IJ is already controlled by zoning by laws that coincide with the restrictions recommended About per cent has zoning that conflict with the policies Municipalities will have to amend official plans and by laws in these cases Three or four per cent of the land is currently owned and junior new the Niagara Escarpment 11 be operated as golf courses To day for June 12 at Acton protected large damaging encourage this use property tax school representatives appears to be the only way to get the program started Mr Johnson told the meeting Mr Johnson said il appears Mr Auld and Mr Campbell are leaving their posts so it may be necessary to start the battle over again with new personalities The meeting in Toronto will be just west of Queens Park meeting is to focus attention Crescent West on the south side of Hoskin Ave The group GUARD Are you really concerned about garbage dumping and recycling A province wide meeting Is being held at the 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