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Ey insidehalton.com BB NEWS RESIDENTS VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT TRUCK TRAFFIC = DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com Plans are moving for- icing concerns about student safety due to truck traffic in the area. The town's planning HCDSB Invites Members to and development council met last month to discuss a proposal prousht forward by Sixth Oak Inc The developer is seek- ing zoning changes to per- mit the a cstrostion of a Halton District School Board secondary school as well as an employment ar- ea, a stormwater manage- ment pond and a natural heritage system on 23 hect- the north- west corner of Sixth Line and _Burnbamthorpe Road Wes The three-storey school had been proposed for 1039 Dundas St. W., just west of the Dundas Street and Neyagawa Boulevard in- its Special Education Advisory Committee The Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB) invites local associations and community members at large and alternates, to apply for membership to its Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC). In accordance with Regulation 464/97, each school board in Ontario must establish a Special Education Advisory Committee with a mandate to provide advice and make recommendations to the Board on anything that impacts the establishment, development, and delivery of special education programs and services. The HCDSB SEAC consists of: e Up to 12 local associations or affiliated associations/organizations; Up to 2 additional members at large who are not representatives of a local association, trustees of the Board, or members of another Board committee; 2 school Board trustees, and alternates. Apply Now! The deadline for submissions is Friday, November 11, 2022 at 4:00 PM. littl > op For more information on submitting a letter of interest or an application, visit: hedsb.info/SEAC-Membership Achieving Believing Belonging $B tersection; however, it was ultimately determined ra- dio towers in the areamade that site unusable. ‘he school would have capacits for 1,200 students and feature an 8,000- square-foot child-care fa- cilit The school currently hasa a target opening date of 2025. While the meeting wa: technically about whether the school would feature a sports field, multiple resi- dents used it as an opportu- nity to discuss the per- ceived dangers of truck traffic in the area. ponte resident who lives op] the proposed sahool 3 site said construc- tion in the area has result- ed in heavy truck traffic along Loyalist Trail. "In the vicinity of the school, there shouldn't be any truck traffic, so that is mour echoed the call for in- dustrial truck traffic to be banned from Loyalist Trail due to > safety reasons. eed to protect our schools and our neighbour- hoods from possible trage- dies, , which can be avoided. s need to feel that their children are safe, not only at school, but going to and f from school," said La- eerindustrial traffic, in- cluding construction trucks, should be kept off Loyali: and our resi- dential streets, not only for our residents, but because this reduces danger around the school site." He argued the trucks should be prohibited from cutting through Loyalist Trail and directed to access their sites from William Halton Parkway. Another resident called for a traffic study to be completed with resident input. Another area resident said he is happy the school is coming and expects that his children will attend it, Graham Paine/Metroland Residents raised concerns about truck traffic near the site of a future north Oakville high school at a recent planning and development council meeting. “Industrial traffic including construction trucks should be kept off Loyalist Trail and our residential streets not only for our residents, but because this reduces danger around the school site." but voiced concerns for their safety if the traffic sit- uation doesn't change. "It's the intersection of Pier eri any _hovalist reaior iis ech eobonk ” ne ay kids will most defi- nitely go to this school and I don't want them to get en- trapped wit Ss goi through that Loyalist Trail. So, if your lordship can do something about the truck traffic there, that would be most welcome." Resident Matthew Wal Jace said he is in favour ofa new school, but not at this location, if the Loyalist ‘ail truck route is not ed. changed. When asked by Ward 7 Coun. Jasvinder Sandhu how long the delay would be for a new school site to be selected, town senior planner Rob Thun could only say that it would be a a process. yun. Allan El- gar Wiccan the truck traffic - Brian Lamour on Loyalist Trail appears to be a temporary issue, ar- i rhen construc- tion in the area is complete, this traffic will stop. Ward 2 Coun. Ray | Chis- holm asked wl r any kind of amendment could be brought forward to elim- inate the truck traffic on Loyalist Trail; however, Oakville Mayor Rob Bur- ton noted this would be out of order since it has noth- ing to do with the subject at hand, which involves ap- proving a sports field for the school. “What they want is their subdivision changed," said Burton. “There is a process to do that. This isn't it." The mayor said that for the subdivision's situation fol \otice of motion or arequest for a report on the subject. Ultimately couneil vot- ed to approve the sports field for the school.