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Oakville Beaver, 14 Aug 1994, p. 14

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UA maaAnIm amaarnaa 744 PLUS ENGINE SHAMPOO #// 1123 SPEERS ROAD, OAKVILLE Call for an appt.844â€"5556 20 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a taurant Poll CARS ($10 Surcha \{Fe for Vans Wagons (Continued from page 1) Street. (This idea was endorsed by several residents groups after lengthy discussions and compromisâ€" es.) They also want an Official Plan amendment to constrain the amount of future development in the southerly corridor of the study area until the "elusive" northerly crossâ€" ing is completed. If these issues cannot be resolved by Oct. 31st, Bandi and Murphy have seven days to request that the Ministry decide the matter. On the flipside â€" rather than employ an environmental tactic to attack a planning issue â€" they could instead write to the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs. Taking it all to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) is a third option. Rebecca Street residents say many issues still unresolved At the heart of the matter is Bandi‘s distress at the Town‘s "apparent inability" to resolve comâ€" plex sets of resolutions even after passing the buck to outside consulâ€" tants and government ministries. "We aren‘t two guys who want to screw up the process. We just want decisive decisionâ€"making," said Bandi who, with Murphy, meets with Town staff this Wednesday. "Is there not a voice within the Town?" According to Bandi, the ESR did not deal specifically with Burloakâ€" bridge staging while McCormick Rankin, the Town‘s consultant, never undertook a "comprehensive evaluation" to report alternatives back to the Town. (When the study was approved by Council in May, this matter was simply referred back to staff.) In the draft ESR, Bandi continâ€" ued, the Town preferred to see Burloak completed in 1996â€"97 and the southerly crossing in 1998â€"99. Nowhere in the version that was filed with the MOEE, however, does this appear. Instead, the Capital Forecast approved by Council has construcâ€" tion on the crossing occurring in 1998â€"99 with completion in 2001. Reconstruction of Burloak Drive is set to commence in 2001 and be finâ€" ished in 2003. Bandi and Murphy want the Forecast to reflect the Town‘s origiâ€" nal preference and the projects‘ timeframes both advanced and reversed. In an effort to head off future traffic problems, the pair also wants the Official Plan amendment to restrict development in the area south of the CNR tracks, east of Burloak and west of the creek until the northerly crossing is finished. The absence of any significant discussion of the bridge in the Official Plan is perplexing, though, and the residents want the Town to acknowledge its vital role. After all, there is a section in the OP to ensure adequate transportation facilâ€" ities are in place prior to or coinciâ€" dent with all future development in the study area. Murphy casts doubt on the entire process by explaining how McCormick Rankin consistently maintained that the projected traffic increase along Rebecca Street by 2011 would be 50 vehicles per peak P.M. hour. Not until it was too late for further discussion did it become clear that the number of vehicles was closer to 400 per hour. "What annoys (us) the most is that the Town has no idea when it will ever construct the northerly crossing," said Bandi. "Regrettably ... we are of the opinion that the E.A. process failed to provide the Bronte residents with adequate information upon which to make informed decisions," said Murphy.

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