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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, July 13, 2012 · 8 By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Residents see red over curbs in heritage area very large, ugly curbing that is nowhere else in Oakville," said Rockliffe. "This type of curbing is not heritage nor traditional. It is spoiling a beautiful streetscape in one of the nicest areas of our town." The Town's Infrastructure and Transportation Services Commissioner Dave Bloomer said Dunn Street is among the last streets in Oakville being converted from a tar-andchip road to a more reliable asphalt pavement. In preparation for the road improvement, Bloomer said Town staff were also looking at ways to improve drainage in the area, hence the addition of the curbs and water basins. "The way the road is Since 1952 A resident of the Old Oakville Heritage Conservation District is calling on the Town of Oakville to undue the damage, she said, it has done to the area and remove recently added curbing. Beverlie Rockliffe, who lives in the area of Dunn and Front Street, said the beautiful streetscape she and her neighbours enjoy NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER / @halton_photog was shattered in late June with the introduction of UNEXPECTED: Resident Beverlie Rockliffe is upset with the new curb the Town of Oakville new raised curbing along installed in front of half of her downtown, heritage-area property. It was expected to be small, but is Dunn Street from King to actually much higher and wider than expected and stretches over only half of Rockliffe's property. Front Street. Sections of the curbing also run in front of Rockliffe's property. "My neighbour and I www.halton.ca Access Halton at: Dial 311 were in shock to see this "This type of curbing is not heritage nor traditional. It is spoiling a beautiful streetscape in one of the nicest areas of our town." Beverlie Rockliffe, resident The Regional Municipality of Halton NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION Carpet Cleaning Specialists Wastewater Main Installation on Neyagawa Boulevard (Regional Road 4) from Sixteen Mile Drive to Burnhamthorpe Road (Regional Road 27) Town of Oakville On The Spot! RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL WALL TO WALL FURNITURE & UPHOLSTERY AREA RUGS PERSIAN & ORIENTAL Truck Mount In-Plant Service Water Damage Restoration See the transformation of what we can do in relation to others! VOTED BEST CARPET & RUG CLEANERS 11 YEARS IN A ROW! Contract Number: Scheduled Start Date: Scheduled Completion Date: Project Manager: S-2846-12 Building July 2012 CONSTRUCTION a Better December 2012 Halton Martin Larkin 905-825-6000 x 7614 130712 Drop-off Discount! 25% FREE 250 mL SPOTTING BOTTLE www.onthespotcleaning.ca Bronte Please contact us, as soon as possible, if you have any accessibility needs at Halton Region events or meetings. 905-825-4256 1446 WALLACE RD. OAKVILLE, ON QEW Speers Wallace shaped and the steep grade going downhill, all the water runs off the street and basically erodes the west edge of the pavement and the boulevard," said Bloomer. "The homeowner to the north of Mrs. Rockliffe, they have a driveway in an area where the water does run off and goes through basically over their driveway." Rockliffe said in the 18 years she has lived in her home, she has never had any issues with water encroaching onto her property and questioned why the curb was necessary on her side of the street. She also said she does not understand why the Town and Heritage Oakville Committee decided to go with the raised curbing instead of the more gently sloped curbing present in other parts of the heritage district. "I have travelled all over Oakville in search of the curbing that was chosen for our street. This curbing cannot be found residentially or commercially anywhere," said Rockliffe. "This is a new style of curbing, setting a precedent for the whole of Oakville." Even Rockliffe's neighbors to the north, who have been trying to have a curb put in front of their property for the last 17 years to stop water from flowing into their driveway, were not happy with the type of curb built by the Town. "The curb we got was just extremely hideous. It's like nothing I've ever seen before in Oakville, in Toronto, in an industrial area, in a residential area," said Stephen Lucas. "I have a father who is in a wheelchair and I am not able to have him visit at this point because there is no way I can get him up over this curb and onto my property. There are too many stairs in the driveway and before he would come up from the See Seeking page 11