Crossings flot needed to serve transportation. needs: Mann ri efrom RECOMMENDED on page Ai mentary achools and neighhourhood parka. - ~~At an open house Monday unveiling the concept, the Town's director of planning, Bill SMann, said a transportation study deter- mined the crossmngs wouldn't be required to Sserve traqisportation needs within the Boyne Community SBut, recognizing the Town will continue to grow south of the Boyne Survey area hetween 2021 and 2031, the preferred con- cept identifies potential crossings of the creek and the railway in the future, if studies detennine they're warranted. Mann said the decision to eliminate the crossings was based purely on the trans- portation study and not on the cost to huild the crossings or pressure front developers. The Boyne Survey Landowners Group, which represents landowners that control about 70 per cent of the ares, had asked the Town in a letter to, "avoid road crossing(s) of the CN Rail corridor and the Sixteen Mile Creek valley to minimize costa." Colin Chung, a planning consultant rep- resenting the group, said the developers aren't opposed to crossings if theyre deter- mined to he necessary through technical studies. The Town also benefits by not building such crossings hecause it doesnt have to pay to maintain them in the future and it mini- mizes the environental impact of crossing the creek valley, added Chung in an inter- view following Mondays commxittee meeting. Town treasurer Linda Leeds said the municipality hasn't assessed what the cross- ings would have cost. However, Halton Region has hudgeted $17.61 million to huild an underpass of the CN Railway on Derry Road. As growth-related projects, developers would have had to pick up the dime for the crossings. Mann said thc municipality hasn't for[cit- ed its chance to collect development charges for those projects, however. By identifying them. as potential crossings in the secondary plan, he said the Town reserves the right to include tise crossings in future transportation master plans, which provide the basis for collecting roads-related development charges. lncluding any mid-block crossing of the Boyne plan by numbers e Fifty thousand people and related jobs " Five neighbourhoods " Eight elemnentary schools " Three high schools " Thirteen village squares " Eight neighbourhood parks *One district park *One community park *One special study area <Omagh) railway would mark a change in how Milton is planning infrastructure for the west side of town. Previous plans didn't require them between Steeles Avenue and Main Street, Main Street and Denry Road, or Derry Road and Louis St. Laurent. To review the preferred concept, visit www.milton.ca and search report PD-028-l0. Tim Foran can be reached ai toranCwmilton- canadianchampon.com. - -.------------------ vn i-, d ao s Fi1esc!eo Ga* Yu Buiess