FOG in the news- May 4, 2010

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May 04, 2010 - 11:17 AM |

James Snow extension to Oakville long way off

A new Burhamthorpe Road is a step closer to completion but an extension of James Snow Parkway to Oakville is still a decade away.

Halton Regional council recently voted to release publicly in May an environmental study report recommending the construction over the next decade of a new $208 million arterial road that would cut across the Sixteen Mile Creek valley. The four-lane road, dubbed the north Oakville transportation corridor, is essentially a realigned, widened and extended Burnhamthorpe Road running between Bronte Road in the west to Ninth Line in the east.

An environmental group called The Friends of Glenorchy is protesting the proposed corridor because it would cut through portions of the Glenorchy Conservation Area and cross over the creek valley, a part of Halton’s Natural Heritage System.

The group has also indicated a concern about the Region’s long term plan to extend James Snow Parkway south from Milton to Hwy. 407, where it will meet Neyagawa Bouelvard, because the proposed road extension would cut through the northeast part of Glenorchy.

However, at regional council, Works Commissioner Mitch Zamojc said the James Snow extension isn’t on the Region’s immediate radar.

The project isn’t currently included in Halton’s 10-year capital forecast, Zamojc noted, though he acknowledged staff are reviewing the timing of all roads projects as part of the Region’s ongoing transportation master plan study.