Perth East Position on HWY 7 Corridor Update Feb 6 2009[1]
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Monday, February 9, 2009
Perth East Council
Friday was a busy day! Perth East Council also submitted their response to issues we raised and to the MTO and consultants. -ABC
Perth East Position on HWY 7 Corridor Update Feb 6 2009[1]
Perth East Position on HWY 7 Corridor Update Feb 6 2009[1]
Perth County Federation Of Agriculture
The Perth County Federation of Agriculture has also responded to the MTO and the Consultants through this process. Their Feb. 6th response is below.
Hwy 7&8 Transportation And Corridor Planning & Class EA Study[1]
Hwy 7&8 Transportation And Corridor Planning & Class EA Study[1]
National Farmers Union Responds
The Agriculture Business Community (ABC) is publishing the NFU material with thanks.
Submission of The National Farmers UnionTo[2]
Submission of The National Farmers UnionTo[2]
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Feb. 6th, 2009 Second Community Brief
Greetings to all.
There are a lot of people who would like to read and or print off the second brief submitted on Feb. 6th, 2009 by ABC to the Ministry of Transportation, Ontario and AECOM (formerly TSH).
It is embedded here on this site in its complete format. You can print it off from here. Just click on the ipapers symbol at the top of the Scribd reading frame for the document.
Cover Letter 0209
Volume3 Final4.22
There are a lot of people who would like to read and or print off the second brief submitted on Feb. 6th, 2009 by ABC to the Ministry of Transportation, Ontario and AECOM (formerly TSH).
It is embedded here on this site in its complete format. You can print it off from here. Just click on the ipapers symbol at the top of the Scribd reading frame for the document.
Cover Letter 0209
Volume3 Final4.22
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Township staff to meet with MTO this week over highway project options
Local farmers demand drainage concerns be addressed along corridor
By Doug Coxson, Independent Staff
News
Feb 04, 2009
Wilmot Township will be on the offensive this week when planning staff meet with Ministry of Transportation officials to discuss its proposed options for highway corridor improvements in and around New Hamburg. Click here for complete article.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Agriculture Business Community Alerts Councils
The issue of thenumbers of vehicles on our portion of highway 7 and 8 has come up before. A recommendation was made to councils. Since that time ABC has found out more detailed,technical information that we feel is critical to all of us in this discussion. To see our entire letter to councils just follow the link below. If you would like a print out of the letter just place your mouse over iPAPERS in the top frame of Scribd.
Letter Re Traffic Counts Councils
Letter Re Traffic Counts Councils
Deadline approaches for Highway 7/8 input
The Beacon Herald - Feb. 3,2009
By DONAL O'CONNOR
Executives of the Agriculture Business Communities of Perth East, Perth South and Wilmot are reminding farm families and others who stand to be impacted by a possible expansion of Highway 7/8 to get their views in to the Ministry of Transportation study by Friday.
The farm business representatives have been making presentations to area municipalities about drainage issues related to highway expansion and informing municipal officials of the potential for provincial government funding.
They are also recommending that Perth East and Perth South work together to hire an outside consultant to help them review traffic counts since the counts have considerable bearing on the level of highway improvement that may be recommended.
"As the lion's share of the route is in Perth County we think there needs to be an independent review and we don't have the skills in our group to do that," said Paula Neice, an executive member of the agri-business coalition.
The study, when it started, was for a four-lane controlled access highway like the 401, said Ms. Neice, and the community has argued all along "that's simply over the top."
"The numbers don't justify it."
Ms. Neice said the numbers are highest in the Wilmot section of the highway, but it's the agricultural community that will end up having the suggested road expansion on their backs.
The area agricultural business communities presented a report in September on their concerns around highway expansion and what they felt were "serious limitations in the study methodology."
The report hammered home the point that the land in the corridor between New Hamburg and Stratford to the south of the existing highway is some of the very best farmland in Canada. "It is our industrial and economic engine and its impact and worth to our communities cannot continue to be ignored," the report says. "Multimillion-dollar farm operations in North and South Easthope, Wilmot and Downie deserve the same respect for their contribution to economic life as their urban business counterparts and require the same sensitivity to their potential disruption."
"Our thinking (now) is that we need to start to sew the seeds for when the final route is chosen and if we don't do that now the municipalities won't have had a chance to review this with their own drainage specialists and get their own position made," said Ms. Neice.
She said the coalition represents 300 to 400 farm families in Perth South, Perth East and Wilmot townships.
By DONAL O'CONNOR
Executives of the Agriculture Business Communities of Perth East, Perth South and Wilmot are reminding farm families and others who stand to be impacted by a possible expansion of Highway 7/8 to get their views in to the Ministry of Transportation study by Friday.
The farm business representatives have been making presentations to area municipalities about drainage issues related to highway expansion and informing municipal officials of the potential for provincial government funding.
They are also recommending that Perth East and Perth South work together to hire an outside consultant to help them review traffic counts since the counts have considerable bearing on the level of highway improvement that may be recommended.
"As the lion's share of the route is in Perth County we think there needs to be an independent review and we don't have the skills in our group to do that," said Paula Neice, an executive member of the agri-business coalition.
The study, when it started, was for a four-lane controlled access highway like the 401, said Ms. Neice, and the community has argued all along "that's simply over the top."
"The numbers don't justify it."
Ms. Neice said the numbers are highest in the Wilmot section of the highway, but it's the agricultural community that will end up having the suggested road expansion on their backs.
The area agricultural business communities presented a report in September on their concerns around highway expansion and what they felt were "serious limitations in the study methodology."
The report hammered home the point that the land in the corridor between New Hamburg and Stratford to the south of the existing highway is some of the very best farmland in Canada. "It is our industrial and economic engine and its impact and worth to our communities cannot continue to be ignored," the report says. "Multimillion-dollar farm operations in North and South Easthope, Wilmot and Downie deserve the same respect for their contribution to economic life as their urban business counterparts and require the same sensitivity to their potential disruption."
"Our thinking (now) is that we need to start to sew the seeds for when the final route is chosen and if we don't do that now the municipalities won't have had a chance to review this with their own drainage specialists and get their own position made," said Ms. Neice.
She said the coalition represents 300 to 400 farm families in Perth South, Perth East and Wilmot townships.
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