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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, M ay 17 ,2 01 8 | 26 The Third is FREE! Don't miss out on this limited time offer! Valid from May 16-20, 2018 5 DAYS ONLY! BRONTE VILLAGE PAINT & PAPER 2294 LAKESHORE ROAD WEST OAKVILLE 905-827-3300 PAINTERS PLACE 478 DUNDAS STREET WEST OAKVILLE 905-257-2061 PAINTSCAPES WEST 511 MAPLEGROVE DRIVE OAKVILLE 905-339-2002 SPEERS PAINT DECORATING CENTRE 275 SPEERS ROAD OAKVILLE 905-337-7272 Hub would be built paral- lel and adjacent to an exist- ing CN Rail line between Britannia Road and Lower Baseline Road in Milton. If permitted, the termi- nal would be built on the west side of the 1,200-acre property taking up about 400 acres. It would be located next to the Halton Waste Man- agement Site and feature six tracks, including three service tracks and three pad tracks, which are used to load and unload con- tainers off rail cars. The hub is intended to help meet the growing de- mand for consumer goods in the GTHA. The facility would oper- ate 24/7 and concerns have been raised about the noise, lighting and odour issues the nearby and planned residential areas may face as a result. While the project may be in Milton, councillors in Oakville are worried about the 1,600 truck trips to and from the facility each day. These trucks would travel on local roads in- cluding Bronte Road and Dundas Street to get to their destinations. The council vote fol- lows CN's assertion that the project is a matter of exclusive federal jurisdic- tion and that neither the province nor the sur- rounding municipalities have any regulator role with respect to it. The Oakville council motion challenges that perception stating the ex- istence of federal regula- tion over a development does not preclude and may require provincial and municipal regulation of the proposed development to avoid regulatory gaps. "CN's position that its proposed truck-rail devel- opment falls exclusively under federal jurisdiction, if upheld, would create a regulatory gap that would prevent the Province of Ontario, the Halton mu- nicipalities and Conserva- tion Halton from discharg- ing their statutory respon- sibilities, and leave CN Rail, a for-profit company, to self-regulate on matters that engage provincial and municipal responsibili- ties," said Oakville Mayor Rob Burton. "The Halton municipal- ities and Conservation Halton recognize that rail- ways are a matter of feder- al jurisdiction, but assert that truck-rail develop- ments have non-rail as- pects that engage multiple areas of provincial and municipal government regulatory responsibility." Burton noted the pro- posed development would have a direct impact on the economic, social, and envi- ronmental well-being of the municipality and health, safety and well-be- ing of residents and called on the Government of On- tario in the motion to join Halton municipalities in their court application to confirm their legitimate regulatory role in this pro- ject. At a news conference organized Feb. 21 the Re- gion of Halton, City of Bur- lington, towns of Oakville, Halton Hills and Milton and Conservation Halton announced they are com- mencing a joint applica- tion in the Ontario courts to get their jurisdiction to review the possible im- pacts of the CN project. NEWS lContinued from page 1 Proposed project would have direct impact on town: mayor "The Halton municipalities and Conservation Halton recognize that railways are a matter of federal jurisdiction, but assert that truck-rail developments have non-rail aspects that engage multiple areas of provincial and municipal government regulatory responsibility." - Oakville Mayor Rob Burton