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From the New Hamburg Independant:
New highway corridor proposal saves farms

Letters to the Editor and More!!!

PREFERRED CORRIDOR' FOR HWY. 7/8 TOO DISRUPTIVE

LATEST PLAN FOR PREFERRED ROUTE FOR HWY. 7/8 EXPANSION ALARMING

This was on the frontpage of yesterday's Beacon:

Councillors critical of corridor

New - PIC # 3 dates

The timing for the next round of Public Information Centres (PICs) is now confirmed. The PICs will be held on:

• Tuesday July 21, 2009 at the Festival Inn in Stratford from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
• Wednesday July 22, 2009 at the Wilmot Recreation Complex in Baden from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
• Tuesday August 11, 2009 at the Shakespeare and District Optimist Hall in Shakespeare from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
  

The following information will be presented:

• Evaluation of the short list of corridor alternatives and the selection of the preferred corridor;
  
• Environmental conditions and constraints within the preferred corridor;
  
• Highway widening / route alternatives that have been generated for the various sections of the preferred corridor; and
  
• Process and criteria to be used for the assessment and evaluation of these highway widening / route alternatives.

More Local News Items

Here are some more local media items on the corridor:

From the Beacon :

Tunnel, flyover among possible solutions?

From the Beacon Letters to the Editor:

Historic buildings, communities not disposable

HighWay Really Hits The News!

This past week, the Municipalities of Perth East, Perth South and Stratford all received their sneak peek of the Consultants' recommendation of the preferred corridor for an improved Highway 7 and 8. Below is an Editorial and several articles about the issue .

From the Stratford Beacon Herald, below are two articles and and editorial. Click on the title to read:

Farmland may be spared in proposed highway expansion


Historical society says inn off limits


A road runs through it