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The Canadian Champion, Friday JuIy 5, 2002-9 Public meetings to be held about highway project By RICHARD VIVIAN a bit nI s'ash Oakville Couincillor Allan Elgar But if rto drasttc changes are inade lollowing way hetween No. 1 Sideroad and No. 2 Sideroad (>iiîCiîrrii. lu is ',îrsl\io lIî.i, Hi-ghssay process continued Wednesday, wvitb regional councillors crticiLing the timing and format of upcoining public meetings. The meetings- scbeduled for July 18 at the Burlington Holiday Inn and an unscheduled date next month in Milton- will be hosted by the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) to explain and receive comments on a needs assessment (NA) for the highway. "It sounds gond that ynu're doing this and get- ting tnore public tnput. but in the summertime people are away on vaication. I wonder if this is Responding to those comments a--,lso expressed by numernus other councîllors MTO represlentative Fred Leecb ponied out planning for a Sepiember meeting is also under- way. The faîl meeting will address the same issues as the summer meetings, at which time the NA will be considered complete. he said. Once the NA is complete. aIl commenis received will be considered in developing a termns of reference for an environmental assess- ment (EA) - x hich will ultimately decide the highway route. Burlington Couunci lor John Taylor. -There may becCoridors tbrougb nîher areas. but theres only one corridor tbrougb Halton and tl essentially sets ihe route." he said. 1 sec the September meeting as critîcal. Il ibis moves for- ward with one corridor through Hotton, our resi- dents will bave lost.- If constructed, the higbway would be used as an altemnative to the QEW, running from Niagara to H-amilton and swingtng tbrocîgb Halton helore conneciing to eitber Hwy. 4011.4013 or 407. 'ne proposed EA scope wnuld put the bigh- li's iai carly 10 say il there's more Iihan one route in the corridor tbrougb Burlington,- added Mr. Leecb. 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