Building on the feedback collected from residents through its first two community engagement sessions, the Town of Whitby is now seeking additional input from the community to help finalize its preferred Highway 7/12 Alternative Route in north Whitby.
As part of earlier phases of engagement of this project, residents were asked to rank their preferred alternative route out of a number of options. For this next round of engagement, residents are invited to:
Feedback collected will help inform the next phase of the project, which is to finalize the preliminary design of the preferred alternative route and submit the Environmental Study Report to the Government of Ontario for review.
As the population grows in Whitby and the Greater Toronto Area, usage of Highway 7 and 12 is increasing. To support the traffic infrastructure needs of the community and accommodate this future growth, the Town has initiated a Provincial Class Environmental Assessment (EA) Study to determine an alternative route(s) for provincial traffic that does not go through the Downtown Brooklin area.
The study will evaluate alternative options for the route and recommend a preferred plan to address both the local and provincial traffic needs of the study area.
The Study Design Report was finalized after the first Connect Whitby community engagement session in June 2020. The report describes the study background, approach, process, alternatives and public consultation program.
This is a map of the preliminary preferred Highway 7/12 alternative route corridor, as determined by the evaluation of the short list of corridors identified during previous community engagement sessions. This is the route corridor being proposed for a new Highway 7/12 highway.
This map shows two possible alignments for the preliminary preferred Highway 7/12 alternative route (Alternative A [more impacts to residential properties] or Alternative A-R [more impacts to farmland and Oak Ridges Moraine]).
This map shows options for the future alignment of Thickson Road with a realigned Baldwin Street.
Steve Taylor, P.Eng., EA Project Manager BT Engineering Inc. 9040 Leslie Street, Unit 218 Tel: 905-709-4554 Email: steve.taylor@bteng.ca |
Paul Bumstead, B.E.S., Project Manager Town of Whitby 3050 Garden Street, Suite 102 Tel: 905-430-5594 Email: bumsteadp@whitby.ca |
Information will be collected in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.
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