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By SHELLY SANDERS GREER Special to the North News 66 omeone once told me if I can’t get from point A to pint B in my community in 15 minutes, something is wrong,’ says Ron Foy, deputy town manager, development and community Northfl ews planning for the Town of Oakville. Up to now, residents in north Oakville were often hard-pressed to get from one end of Oakville to the other in 15 minutes. Because of the Sixteen Mile Creek, people have been forced to use the busy Queen Elizabeth Way for local trips. Now, with the new Upper Middle Road Bridge which crosses this creek, residents have a much faster alternate route which should keep local journeys within the 15 minute time frame. “We’re tremendously pleased to see this bridge,” says Oakville mquwq,mm,Ipfie‘umcmgerm ORTH NEWS Foy. “It was first proposed in the ’60s, engineering work began in 1976 and we started seriously with the environâ€" mental assessment in 1983.” Foy explains that there was public protest when the environmental assessment began, but he says there were public meetings and the process was quite open. In the end, most residents were satisfied with the final design of the bridge which has a minimal impact on the valley. Aerial photography by Kalloon Company Inc (See 'Bridge to meet . . . ' page 2) AUGUST 2(