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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, S ep te m be r 3, 20 20 | 8 Overhead Door Co. of Hamilton-Burlington™ ON NOW AT THE BRICK! SAVING YOU MORE For more details go instore or online @thebrick.com. oakville.ca Erosion hazard limits in Downtown Oakville Sixteen Mile Creek Valley Slope Assessment The Town of Oakville in co-operation with Conservation Halton (CH) have completed a study to confirm the limits of the erosion hazard for a portion of the Sixteen Mile Creek valley in downtown Oakville (as shown in the map below). Work carried out in association with the study included site inspections, background information gathering, soil investigations, and geotechnical and creek erosion analysis. Study information Details regarding Sixteen Mile Creek Valley Slope Assessment study, including a comprehensive map of the study area, can be found on oakville.ca by searching 'Natural Areas and Streams'. About Conservation Halton's Ontario Regulation 162/06 Under the Conservation Authorities Act and pursuant to Ontario Regulation 162/06, CH regulates development within and adjacent to naturally occurring hazards and sensitive natural areas such as: creeks, floodplains, meander belts, steep slopes, valleys, Lake Ontario shoreline, wetlands and hazardous land. At this location, CH regulates the erosion hazard, as well as an allowance of 15m from the limit of the hazard, or stable top of bank. Permission is required for any works undertaken in an area regulated by CH. Conservation Halton's regulation and policies, as well as Approximate Regulatory Limit (ARL) mapping, is available at conservationhalton.ca/permits. Refinements or adjustments to the ARL may be permitted if detailed technical studies are undertaken to demonstrate that the hazard limits differ from that shown on the map. Project contacts Diana Friesen, B.Sc., C.E.T Water Resources Technologist Town of Oakville 905-845-6601, ext. 3904, (TTY: 905-338-4200) diana.friesen@oakville.ca Charles Priddle, PhD Manager, Regulations Program Conservation Halton 905-336-1158, ext. 2276 cpriddle@hrca.on.ca