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You just earned $379.52. Regional council supports Highway 7 plan $130â€"million highway Agmjecl to replace the xisting Highway 7 corridor between Waterloo Region and Guelph took another _ step _ forward last week when regional council voted to support the proposal, despite objections from local environmental groups. Your financial well being is not a spectator sport. Contact your financial and tax planner to see if this idea will work for you. Russ is a local financial and tax consultant with the McEachnie Financial & Tax Planning Team under the Investors Group. _ Regional Chairman Ken Seiling said the Ministry of Transportation proposal had For more details on your specific finances, contact Russ at 886â€"2360 ext 241. By Bos VRBANAC Chronicle Staff CFP a fair measure of support behind it from Woolwich council, Kitchener council and _ the Grand _ River Conservation Authority. The plan, now in its third incarnation, was the best compromise in what has been a sometimesâ€"acrimoâ€" nious debate over the last 13 years about the fourâ€"lane highway‘s impact on some environmentally | sensitive wetlands. "It addressed many of the environmental _ concerns that were being raised about the road," said Seiling. "Obviously there are those who don‘t want a road for any reason whatsoever, but 1 think what we saw there was a significant compromise that satisfied the property owners in the area, and some of the environmental groups that we‘re looking for a modified position." However, groups like the Waterloo â€" Public Interest Research Group still oppose the MTO‘s revised plan that would connect the Conestoga _ Parkway _ in Kitchener to the Hanlon FINE AUTOMOBILE BODY AND PAINT Meticulous Restoration Original Paint Finishes Unsurpassed Collision Repair Mkhich PORSCHE JAGUAR Mercedes Benz Dealer Authorized FINE AUTO INC 15 Centennial Dr. Kitchener Register on Sat. 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In successive generaâ€" tions, the new highway will lead to more urban sprawl, and infilling between the two highways. "The first area to be filled in will be the space between the two highways, then everything around it," said Parkinson. "The fate of those wetlands, farmlands and fields will be sealed when you construct this new north highway. "That doesn‘t show up in any environmental assessâ€" ment, but that‘s the reality, and that‘s the disappointing thing that comes out of this process. There‘s no reai coorâ€" dinated community planâ€" ning going on here in terms of transportation and in terms of styles of developâ€" ment." Regional â€" Coun. Jane Mitchell, who voted against the proposal along with Waterloo _ Mayor Lynne Woolstencroft, said she was also concerned about the lack of alternative transâ€" portation options provided by the province. "That really concerned me," said Mitchell. "I may have been able to accept the road if the province said we Who says people don‘t read small ads ... YOU ARE were going to have a transit link of some kind, whether it was a rapid transit link, buses or GO train. "That didn‘t seem to be on the agenda at all." â€" Mitchell also preferred a widening option to the conâ€" struction of a new highway. "We just can‘t keep building highways," she said. But Seiling said simply widening the existing roadâ€" way would only be an expensive shortâ€"term soluâ€" tion, and wouldn‘t be able to handle the increased capaciâ€" ty on Highway 7 for long. And in terms of smart growth, he thinks the conâ€" trolledâ€"access road will be an effective barrier line to sprawl. "It will draw an effective barrier line along Highway 7 much more firmly than a widened Highway 7 would do," said Seiling. "I think it will helps us create a greenâ€" belt approach to the westâ€" side of Highway 7. With regional approval in place, opponents of the plan are still hoping to overturn it in the environmental approval process, â€" and are holding Environment Minister Elizabeth Witmer to a commitment she made to widening the existing road versus building a new limitâ€" ed access highway. But Witmer thinks the new plan has tried to be responsive to the environâ€" mental concerns the provinâ€" cial government has heard. It serves as an effective comâ€" promise between the comâ€" peting interest of economic development and the enviâ€" ronment, she said. "It does," said Witmer, when asked if the plan takes into account some of the environmental _ concerns raised about the project. "I think it was very important that the {Ministry of Transportation}) has taken the time to address the enviâ€" ronmental concerns," she said, cognizant that the proâ€" posal still waits for final Ministry of the Environment approval.