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Regional report supports Burnhamthorpe Road extension By Tim Foran METROLAND WEST MEDIA GROUP 9 · Wednesday, April 28, 2010 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.oakvillebeaver.com Halton Region will release publicly in May an environmental study report (ESR) recommending the construction of a new $208-million arterial road that would cut across the Sixteen Mile Creek valley in north Oakville. The four-lane road, dubbed the north Oakville transportation corridor, is essentially a realigned, widened and extended Burnhamthorpe Road running between Bronte Road, in the west, to Ninth Line in the east. Currently, Burnhamthorpe is a primarily rural route split into two sections. The west section runs between Bronte Creek and Hwy. 407, but crosses neither. The east section deadends on the east side of Sixteen Mile Creek. To accommodate the upcoming growth north of Dundas Street in Oakville, the Region began an environmental assessment in 2004 to examine how transportation needs could be served in north Oakville. The ESR recommending the new corridor is the result of that EA process. Regional council voted last week to receive the ESR for information, a decision that gives staff the go ahead to file the report for public comment for 30 days starting in May. The report will be available during that time at the clerk's department at the Town of Oakville or Halton Region and at various Oakville library branches. One local environmental group is already trying to rally the public against the proposed roadway, which will slice through both Oakville's vaunted Natural Heritage System and the new Glenorchy Conservation Area located northeast of Palermo. "The Region of Halton intends to extend Burnhamthorpe Road through the southernmost part of the new Glenorchy Conservation Area in northwest Oakville. The four-land road will traverse the most sensitive parts of this nature preserve including creeks, streams and intact forest, destroying large areas," writes The Friends of Glenorchy in a petition it is disseminating in Oakville. "The undersigned call on the Region of Halton to rethink this plan, allow the road to continue to dead end as it does now, or choose another route that does not intrude into Glenorchy Conservation Area." While the petition focuses on the potential impacts to Glenorchy, maps of the preferred route for the corridor show it would actually pass over the creek valley to the east of the conservation area but through a large swath of the Natural Heritage System. According to the maps, the bridge would possibly be located around 500 metres from the existing Dundas Street bridge. Despite the proximity of the new corridor to Dundas west of the creek, it will better serve the planned employment area and new Oakville hospital south of Hwy. 407 than sim- ply connecting the two sections of Burnhamthorpe along its existing right-ofway, Oakville Regional Councillor Tom Adams stated recently. The preferred route is also 25 per cent cheaper than extending the existing Burnhamthorpe westwards over both the Sixteen Mile Creek and Hwy. 407, according to Regional transportation staff. 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NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT 1-877-927-5469 For more information, please contact: Vision ­ To be the most livable town in Canada Notice of complete application, public information meeting and statutory public meeting Proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments 131 and 135 Trafalgar Road Melrose Investments Inc. and Rosehaven Homes Limited (First Rose Developments Inc.) File: Z.1613.58 The Town of Oakville has received a "complete application" by Melrose Investments Inc. and Rosehaven Homes Limited (First Rose Developments Inc.) for proposed official plan and zoning by-law amendments. Members of the public are invited to attend and provide input at a public information meeting and public meeting. The purpose of this application is to permit a six storey mixed use residential condominium building comprising of ground floor retail, office space and three floors residential uses comprising of 32 dwelling units. The official plan amendment proposes to increase the building height to six storeys whereas buildings are not to exceed four storeys in the central business district. The zoning by-law amendment proposes changes to the existing C3R zoning to increase the height of the building, permit reduced on-site parking standards, and allow for a reduced front yard setback. The subject land is located on the south-east corner of Trafalgar Road and Randall Street. A key map is attached to this notice for your ease of reference. At this time there are no other applications, under the Act, pertaining to the subject lands. Public information meeting May 12, 6 p.m. Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, South Atrium Public meeting (Planning and Development Council meeting) May 25, 7 p.m. Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Council Chamber Any submission to the Planning and Development Council, either in hard copy or in electronic format, must be forwarded to the Clerk's department for receipt no later than noon on the day of the public meeting to ensure its availability to the Members of Council at the meeting. Individuals making oral submissions at the public meeting are requested to submit a written outline of the submission to the Town Clerk. All submissions should include the full name and address of the presenter. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at the public meeting, hosted by the Planning and Development Council, or make written submissions to the Town of Oakville before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted or before the zoning by-law amendment is passed: a) the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Town of Oakville Council to the Ontario Municipal Board; and b) the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party. If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed official plan amendment, or of the refusal of a request to amend the official plan, you must make a written request to the Town Clerk at the Town of Oakville, Clerk's department, P.O. Box 310, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6J 5A6. The public may view the background material submitted by the applicant at the Planning Services department between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or at http://oakville.ca/da-oldak-melrose3.htm. The staff report prepared for Planning and Development Council's consideration will be available at the Clerks department or at the Town's website as of May 21, 2010. Questions or written submissions may be directed to Leigh Musson, Senior Planner, Planning Services department 905-845-6601, ext. 3371 or lmusson@oakville.ca. The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under the authority of the Planning Act and may form part of the public record which may be released to the public. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Records and Freedom of Information Officer at 905- 815-6053. Dated at the Town of Oakville this 28th day of April, 2010.