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CH in line with Burnhamthorpe plan Continued from page 1 9 · Wednesday, April 21, 2010 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.oakvillebeaver.com Burnhamthorpe Road," Burton said during the committee meeting. "During the next seven years, the citizens of Oakville fought for the establishment of our Natural Heritage System and for the dedication of the ORC (Ontario Realty Corporation) lands to the Glenorchy nature reserve (Conservation Area). "These areas will be the last refuge for our Halton's indigenous wildlife species before the great bulldozers of urban sprawl destroy the surrounding areas. Do these new designations mean nothing at all to the transportation planning consultants?" Currently, Burnhamthorpe Road is in two sections with the east side ending at the Sixteen Mile Creek and the west section coming in from Burlington stopping at Hwy. 407. To accommodate the upcoming residential and employment growth north of Dundas Street in Oakville, the Region began an environmental assessment (EA) in 2004. The recommended solution, outlined in an environmental study report (ESR) to be released in May, is for a realigned and extended Burnhamthorpe Road with a new bridge crossing Sixteen Mile Creek. The preferred design is for a four-lane road, with turning lanes at intersections, on road bike lanes and a three metre multi-use path on both sides of the road, according to a Regional report recommending council endorse the ESR. In an e-mail Friday morning, Regional staff confirmed it has assigned 99 per cent of the cost for the new road, or $207.1 million, to development charges. Both Burton and another resident who e-mailed Regional Chairman Gary Carr have questioned how council can endorse the ESR before it has been released publicly. Council has been provided with an eight-page executive summary of the ESR. "You have not read the full environmental study report pertaining to this EA," Burton said. "It appears you are being asked to endorse a study, which contains proposals to "mitigate" extensive environmental damage that will be inflicted throughout the Natural Heritage System and the Glenorchy Conservation Nature Reserve. This proposed road route dissects numerous forested areas, impacts interior forests, wetland enclaves, species at risk of special concern, high, medium constraint stream corridors, provincially rare vegetation habitat and locally rare vegetation." Following Burton's presentation, the planning and public works committee asked staff to e-mail councillors with a response to her concerns before today's council session. In an interview Thursday, a spokesperson for Conservation Halton, which manages Glenorchy, said the conservation authority didn't plan to file an objection to the Burnhamthorpe extension with the Ministry of the Environment. "We've accepted that they do need to increase the (road) capacity and that they would need another bridge and then it's been a matter of finding the best route with the least amount of impact," explained Bob Edmondson, Conservation Halton's director of watershed management services, pointing out widening Dundas further was not feasible. Edmondson said the conservation authority is supportive of the proposed route layout. Running east from Neyagawa to Ninth Line, the new Burnhamthorpe Road would go to the north and run parallel to the existing road, in an effort to reduce the impact to residents living on the existing road. West of Neyagawa to Bronte, the new Burnhamthorpe would dip far to the south and run parallel and just north of Dundas. This portion would service the new Oakville hospital and the adjacent employment lands. Connecting the current east and west sections was not the best option for a variety of reasons. FOOT PAIN? Roger D. Newell, D. Pod. 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