ERIC RIEHL / OAKVILLE BEAVERHOUSING BOOM:These new houses in the Bronte Road and Dundas Street area are among the many in the GTA pressuring communities to keep pace with infrastructure-related growth.Halton Region pressuring province to invest in infrastructureother provincially mandated programs is aninfrastructure funds program, rather thanand responsibility of developers when a com-Continued from page 10issue.the piecemeal system in use now.munity grows.More than 80 per cent of the RegionsSchools have their own challenges. All-In fact, a new 10-year Ontario infrastruc-One touchy element is that the cost of budget is earmarked for infrastructure relat-day kindergarten is still being phased in andture plan is set to be released shortly, althoughprojects associated with growth are sup-ed to growth over the next decade. is expected to cost about $1.5 billion a yearInfrastructure Minister Bob Chiarelli declinedposed to come from charges paid by develop- Peels capital budget over the next 10province-wide.to give details. He said, however, that theers. But those fees or taxes paid by develop-years is just over $5 billion;We will only proceed if we have the infra-government recognizes there are needs to beers on each new commercial, industrial or Kitchener says it will need nearly $240structure coming we will draw a line inmet in high-growth communities.housing unit they build are increasinglymillion for growth just in the next decade,the sand, said Halton Regional Chair GaryWhen he flies into Toronto from Ottawa atinadequate.with only one-third of that total coming fromCarr, adding the province has to decide if night, Chiarelli says, he can see just how theA report released by the Residential &development charges. The rest will have totheyre going to invest in the future or not.city has grown into a continuous regionCivil Construction Alliance of Ontario income from taxes;Fairness for Halton, a public campaignstretching clear to Niagara. Better co-ordi-March said government levies now account Niagara Falls says it will need more thanlaunched in 2007, demanded a new deal thatnation between governments and regionalfor up to 30 per cent of the cost of new hous-$100 million in the next 10 years, with tax-would allow the region to develop withoutthinking are key to going forward, he said.ing in the GTA, proposing that somethingpayers on the hook for nearly half.overburdening taxpayers. All municipalitiesBut the issue is not just about funding.needs to change to facilitate growth.It isnt just Places to Grow fuelling thewant the province to create a new, secureThere is much tug-and-pull over the placeconcern. Providing the physical premises forSee Piecemeal page 13Weekly SpecialsMondayTuesdayDOMESTIC BOTTLE CHICKEN WINGSAND POUND OF WINGS$.25950WednesdayThursdayBACON & CHEDDARDOMESTIC DRAUGHTSBURGER$.25$.9548FridaySaturday/SundayKIDS EAT FREE WITH FISH AND CHIPSPURCHASE OF ADULT MEALBUY 1 GET 1 11 AM - 5PM2 KIDS/FAMILYHALF PRICESundayLUNCH MENU SPECIALSIMPORT DRAUGHTSALL LUNCHESServed within $.0915 minutes or its free!$.9958TRY OUR SUMMER SALAD MENUThe Royal Windsor610 Ford Drive, Unit 6, Oakville905-337-0330 theroyalwindsor@gmail.com*Does not include weekly or daily specials, or any other promotions or coupons. *Limit $15.00 menu item, Dine in Only not for Take Out.www.insideHALTON.com OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, June 23, 2011 12