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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, December 27, 2012 · 20 Your Halton Connection January 2013 www.halton.ca Building a Better Halton by Regional Chair Gary Carr Building a Better Halton means making sure our roads are well-maintained and safe. It means keeping our water supply and wastewater collection systems safe, reliable and ensuring that they meet all provincial standards. It also means planning and building the infrastructure needed for future growth in the region. Halton residents have told us that infrastructure planning and construction are key priorities for the Region and we're listening to you. In 2012 alone, we spent more than $216 million* on capital infrastructure projects. The approved 2013 capital budget for roads, water and wastewater is $921 million. Halton Region's long-term infrastructure plan will support the growth across the region to the year 2031, with a total investment of approximately $3 billion. Clear evidence of our commitment to improving our roads, water supply and wastewater collection service can be seen in neighbourhoods across the region. Whenever possible, we schedule our water, wastewater and road projects at the same time so the impact on you and your neighbours is reduced. Sometimes work has to be completed in phases to lessen traffic disruptions, avoid conflicts with other construction activities, or because some environmentally-sensitive work can only be completed at certain times of the year. Learn More Want to learn more about regional construction projects in your neighbourhood or along your commute route? It's easy. Go to www.halton. ca/construction information listed by municipality, alerts for road closures and lane restrictions, and maps of the project areas and detour routes. NEW! For a map of all Regional construction happening in your community, try the new interactive map we're testing on our Regional Construction Projects webpage. It's one more way to see what we're working on in your neighbourhood and along major roadways. Transportation Agriculture Environmental Protection and Seniors Affordable and Assisted Housing Protecting Public Development Preparedness Customer Service BeEmergency Heard! Join Halton Environmental Protection and Conservation of Water Was Region's new Housing Protecting Public Healthcitizen Fiscal Responsibility Eco Customer Service Safe Communities Transportation Agricu Thank you! e-panel. New water tower ­ Halton Hills of Water Waste Management Seniors Affordable and Assi With every construction project we undertake, Halton Region considers Responsibility Economic Development Emergency Prepare Halton MVP is an the safety of workers and motorists, and looks for ways to reduce the alton of Water Was H Environmental Protection and Conservation online citizen survey impact on your neighbourhood. 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Your patience is truly appreciated as we work to make communications. Sixteen Mile Creek bridge ­ Oakville and Assisted Housing Protecting Public Health Fiscal Resp Halton Region an even better place to live, work, raise a family and retire. Have your ViewPoint heard. Transp Preparedness Customer Service Safe Communities * Expenditures as of December 13, 2012. and Conservation of Water Waste Management Seniors A Sign up today at Health Fiscal Responsibility Economic Development Emer www.halton.ca/MVP Communities Transportation Agriculture Environmental Pr Find out more about your Local Municipality's construction projects Management Seniors Affordable and Assisted Housing Pr Delays do occur with major projects, but our construction and traffic management plans are developed to get the work done as quickly as possible. P V M Halton Region Meeting Schedule Jan. 1 Offices closed for New Years Day www.burlington.ca www.haltonhills.ca/ roadconstruction www.milton.ca/ roadconstruction www.oakville.ca Jan. 29, 9:30 a.m. Jan. 30, 9:30 a.m. Jan. 30, 1:30 p.m. Feb. 6, 9:30 a.m. Health & Social Services Committee Planning & Public Works Committee Administration & Finance Committee Regional Council Meetings can be viewed at www.halton.ca. Access Halton at: www.halton.ca Dial 311 Please contact us, as soon as possible, if you have any accessibility needs at Halton Region events or meetings. This page has been donated by this newspaper to communicate important information to Halton residents at no cost to taxpayers. We welcome your feedback. Contact us at AccessHalton@halton.ca