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Public input wanted for recreation By Wendy Long This winter, Halton Hills residents can get involved in the recreational future of their town. A major analysis of the development of leisure services in Halton Hills, for the next 10 to 20 years, is presently taking place. The public consultation phase will begin in January. The success of the project, called Active Living, Teally depends on public Participation. The study needs to know how the community perceives their current level of leisure services Satisfaction. A realistic game plan of future developments and changes will then evolve. “It’s a community wish list done within the context of certain financial constraints,” said project director Jim Morgenstern of consultants IER Planning, Research and Management Services, hired by the town to do the study. “It really is in some respects a clean slate. We're trying to write a document that makes sense to the community over the next 10 years.” The eight-month long study will result in a Recreation Master Plan, to be complete in the spring. A draft report for public review should plan be ready for preseniation in June. Morgenstern said the focus will be on four key issues: facility requirements, programs and services, parks and open space and the delivery system - the role of the municipality in provid- ing leisure services. The study is being undertaken in six phases. Phase One, now almost complete, was the plan- ning stage. Phase Two (January - February) fea- tures a vigorous public consultation effort. Phase ‘Three is market analysis, Phase Four a commu- Continued on page 5 | celebratior HHTW holiday office hours While some may believe that a newspaper never closes, the staff at Halton Hills This Week is going to take some time off over the next week. : The office will be closed from Thursday Dec. 24 to Sunday Dec. 27 and reopening Monday Dec. 28. We will also be closed Friday Jan. 1 recovering for New Year ns. Vol. 1, No. 27 Tuesday, December 22, 1992 24 pages 874-3051 MICHAEL (MIKI ‘Award Winning Sales Rep ‘Your independent voice in Halton Hills’ h! Christmas Tree 50 cents includes G.S.T. Mountainview Road needs major overhaul By Dianne Cornish 1 goes as planned, Mountainview Road through Hungry Hollow will be widened and redesigned so that the existing grade is more than halved and a four-span bridge is built over Silver Creek. These and other plans were explained to about 30 interested area residents who attended a Public Information Centre held last Tuesday night by Halton Region at the Halton Hills Civic Centre, Georgetown. On hand to answer questions about the $10 million. project, which includes the bridge construc- tion and widening of Mountainview to four lanes from Eden Place to 10 Sideroad were regional engineer Bob McMurray and engineering consultant David McCann, cCann, who is assistant manag- er of transportation planning with C.C. Parker Consultants Limited, Hamilton, said the existing 16 per cent grade through Hungry Hollow will be reduced to six per cent. A four-span bridge with sidewalks and bicycle paths on both sides will be built over Silver Creek to main- tain the upstream water surface ele- vations in accordance with criteria of the Credit Valley Conservation Authority (CVCA). ‘© minimize the width of the embankment and eliminate poten- tial erosion if an earth embankment was to be put in place, McCann said engineers have opted for rock fill. The bridge and the road will be fully illuminated, the consulting engineer added. Work on the project, which is currently undergoing a Class Environmental Assessment (EA), began in 1988. Halton Region has Douglas Izon cuts the family Christmas tree under t farm in Nassagewaya over the weekend. LIVING LIGHTING as help you with ALL, gor Lighting conceras/ 245 GUELPH ST. (HWY. 7), GEORGETOWN While Quantities Last. ‘SALE VALID UNTIL THURS,, DEC 24, 1992 (Avaliable in green or burgundy) fhe supervision of Douglas Izon Jr., 3 at the J.P. Tree Photo by Laura Salverda fasta budgeted design monies for the study for 1993, The capital budget [A] Elegant ign trilight brass tamp candle IP (trlight) this great gift SALE PRICE OF (Assorted Troll Lamps) Treasure Trolls any chitd wit ove 99 has set aside $10 million for con- struction of the bridge and Toadway in 1994-95, A review of the potential for cumulative environmental impacts resulting from the proposed Mountainview Road crossing in combination with other Projects being proposed in and around Silver Creek Valley is currently being conducted by members of the Public Liaison Committee (PLC). Input from last week’s Public Information Centre will be consid- ered along with comments from the PLC before the Region completes its documentation for the Class Environmental Study Report (ESR), McMurray explained. The Teport is expected to be completed in the spring with preliminary design work starting shortly after- ward. McMurray and McCann said they’re hopeful that any public objections to the project can be worked out by the Region and the PLC. “We're trying to get construc- tion under way by 1994,” McMurray said. “There’s a press- ing demand for the road (recon- struction).” Questions posed by the public at uesday’s information session focused on concerns about access from Eden Place onto Mountainview Road and the timing of the project, McMurray reported. Others commented that they had difficulty visualizing the Proposed bridge through the Silver Creek Valley and some asked about the Possibility of a bridge that would span the entire valley from hilltop to hilltop. McMurray said a series of traffic lights at major crossings (such as Barber Drive and Argyll Road) Continued on page 3 Low voltage halogen track kit (4' track floating electrical feed.) Three 50 watt heads (Available in black or white)