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2 1 | Thursday October 19, 2 0 1 7 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insidehalton.com Notice of Completion G O Rail N e tw o r k E le c tr ific a tio n T ra n s it P ro je c t A s s e s s m e n t P ro ce ss M etrolinx and Hydro One, as co-proponents, have com pleted an Environmental Project Report (EPR) in accordance with O ntario Regulation 231/08 fo rth e GO Rail N etw ork Electrification Project. The Project As part o f Regional Express Rail, M etrolinx is proposing to electrify G O -ow ned corridors. The GO Rail N etw ork Electrification undertaking will entail design and im plem entatio n o f a traction pow er supply system and pow er d istribution com ponents including: an Overhead C ontact System (OCS) along the rail corridors, electrical fee d e r routes, and a num ber o f traction pow er facilities located w ithin the vicinity o f the rail corridors. The Study Area (see key map) includes six GO rail corridors, as well as proposed locations fo r the traction pow er facilities (i.e., Traction Power Substations, Paralleling Stations, Switching Stations) and ancillary com ponents: · Union Station Rail C o rrid o r - UP Express Union Station to Don Yard Layover - No Traction Power Facilities · Lakeshore W est C o rrid o r - W est o f Bathurst St. (M ile 1.20) to Burlington - Including tw o (2) Tap locations, fo u r (4) Traction Power Facilities, one (1) fe e d e r route · Kitchener C o rrid o r - UP Express Spur (at Highway 427) to Bramalea - Including one (1) Traction Power Facility, one (1) fe eder route · Barrie C o rrid o r - Parkdale Junction to A llandale GO Station - Including one (1) Tap location, fo u r (4) Traction Power Facilities, one (1) fe e d e r route · Stouffville C o rrid o r - S carborough Junction to Lincolnville GO Station - Including one (1) Tap location, three (3) Traction Power Facilities, one (1) fe e d e r route · Lakeshore East C o rrid o r - Don River Layover to Oshawa GO Station - Including one (1) Tap location, fo u r (4) Traction Power Facilities, one (1) fe e d e r route 3 0 -D a y Public R eview - O ctober 11 to N ovem ber 9 The environm ental im pact o f this transit p ro je ct was assessed and an EPR prepared in accordance w ith the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) as prescribed in O ntario Regulation 23 1 /0 8 - Transit Projects and M etrolinx Undertakings (m ade under the Environm ental Assessment Act). The EPR fo rth e GO Rail N etw ork Electrification is now available fo r a 30-day p ublic review p eriod starting O ctober 1 1 , 2 0 1 7 on the p roject w ebsite (w w w .g o tran sit.co m /elec trific atio n ) and at the fo llo w in g locations: M etrolinx Head Office 97 Front Street - 2nd Floor Reception Toronto, ON M5J 1E6 tel: 416-874-5900 Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Central Region Office Metro Toronto District Office 5775 Yonge Street, 8th Floor North York, ON M2M4J1 tel: 416-326-6700 Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. D owntown Barrie Public Library 60 Worsley Street Barrie, ON L4M 1L6 tel: 705-728-1010 Monday to Thursday: 9:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Friday & Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Environmental Approvals, Access and Service Integration Branch 135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st Floor Toronto, ON M4V 1P5 tel: 416-314-8001 / toll-free: 1-800-461-6290 Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Pickering Library Central Branch 1 The Esplanade S. Pickering, ON L1V6K7 tel: 905-831-6265 Monday to Friday: 9:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. N ew m arket Public Library 438 Park Avenue Newmarket, ON L3Y 1W1 tel: 905-953-5110 Tuesday to Thursday: 9:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Friday & Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.