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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 31 ,2 01 8 | 38 NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION Watermain Replacement on Leighland Avenue and Iroquois Shore Road in the Town of Oakville Contract Number: W-3122-18 Scheduled Start Date: June 2018 Scheduled Completion Date: December 2018 Contractor: Direct Underground Inc. Project Manager: Tomas Ycas 905-825-6000, ext. 3168 Tomas.Ycas@halton.ca 05 31 18 Q.E.W. E IG H TH LI N E TR A FA LG A R R O A D S IX TH LI N E LEIGHLAND AVENUE IROQUOIS SHORE ROAD (R E G . R D . 3 ) 04 26 18 Gary Carr Regional Chair Meetings at Halton Region, 1151 Bronte Rd., Oakville, L6M 3L1 Visit halton.ca/meetings for full schedule.for full schedule.f June 20 9:30 a.m. Regional Council Halton Region offers a variety of convenient resources to help you make healthy and active lifestyle choices. Our halton.ca/healthylivingweb pages are a great place to find nutrition information and physical activity guidelines for any age or ability. We are also making it safer and easier to walk, run or bike in your community by widening paved shoulders, building newmulti- use paths and creating more bike lanes. To plan how you might add more physical activity to your daily routine, visit halton.ca/activetransportation or download the OneHalton app to discover cycling routes right here in Halton. Halton is a great place to live an active and healthy lifestyle The Town of Oakville is stepping back from a Lake- shore Road West improve- ment plan, which would have cost more than $35 million and resulted in the removal of around 300 trees. The town's community services committee voted unanimously Tuesday, May 22 to have town staff return to the drawing board with a plan for Lake- shore Road West improve- ments between Mississaga Street and Dorval Drive. These improvements included changing this section of Lakeshore Road West to a three-lane roadWest to a three-lane roadW platform with a continu- ous centre turning lane, in- tersection improvements, improved storm drainage systems and streetscape features.features.f The plan also called for sidewalks and 1.5 metre bike lanes, on both sides of the street. The bike lanes would be separated from traffic by a 0.5 metre painted buffer. Town staff said the McCraney Creek bridge, located in the Fourth Line and Lakeshore Road West area, also requires replace- ment due to both structur- al and hydraulic deficien- cies at this crossing. The construction would have taken place in phases with Fourth Line to Dorval Drive construction taking place in 2020 for $11.5 mil- lion; Fourth Line to Sand- well Drive construction be- ginning 2022 for $10.3 mil- lion; Sandwell Drive to Third Line construction taking place 2021 for $8.2 million; East Street to Third Line construction occurring 2023 for $5 million and East Street to Mississaga Street con- struction taking place at a date and for a cost thatfor a cost thatf have yet to be finalized.finalized.f Town staff said the con- struction would not only improve the poor pave- ment conditions present along some sections of Lakeshore Road, but would improve intersec- tion operations; accommo- date transit; provide and improve pedestrian and cy- clist facilities; improve traffic, pedestrian and cy- clist safety; improve exist- ing drainage and storm water management; im- prove creek crossings; and accommodate future mu- nicipal services and utili- ties within the ultimate right-of-way. Ward 4 Coun. Allan El-Ward 4 Coun. Allan El-W gar and Ward 2 Coun. Cathy Duddeck, however, voiced concerns about the loss of mature trees, which would come from the wid- ening of Lakeshore Road West should this plan beWest should this plan beW followed.followed.f While town staff empha- sized the plan was prelimi- nary and that every effort would be made to preserve trees where pos- sible they conceded around 300 trees could be lost dur- ing the process. The town's engineering and construction depart- ment director Dan Cozzi said there would be tree re- placements, however, Dud- deck noted a 150 or 200- year-old tree could not be replaced. Councillors questioned why the continuous centre turning lane is necessary to which Cozzi noted the consultants had recom- mended it for safety and capacity reasons. Pamela Knight of the Coronation Park Resi- dents' Association noted that while her group wants improvements to Lake- shore Road West, particu- larly in the areas of drain- age, bike lane and sidewalk infrastructure, they take issue with other aspects of the plan including the pro- posed expropriation of land from 69 properties. "The first example I want to give you is 1037 Lakeshore Rd. W. It is number 42 on the expro- priation list and this par- ticular property would lose about 87.5 square me- tres, about 1,000 square feet of frontage and theyfeet of frontage and theyf are going to lose three ma- ture trees," said Knight. "Number 43 on the list will lose about 87.75 square metres and they are going to lose six ma- ture trees across their frontage."frontage."f Knight called for the re- moval of the continuous centre turning lane and the incorporation of exist- ing infrastructure where possible to bring down the cost of the project. The community servic- es committee voted for town staff to consult with the residents' association and consider these possi- bilities in coming up with a plan for Lakeshore Road West improvements.West improvements.W The committee is ex- pected to hear this matter again at some point in Sep- tember. NEWS Oakville stepping back from Lakeshore Road plan that would have threatened 300 trees Some of the plans previously considered for possible Lakeshore Road West improvements. Town staff photo DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com "Number 43 on the list will lose about 87.75 square metres and they are going to lose six mature trees across their frontage." Pamela Knight of the Coronation Park Residents' Association