HomeMy WebLinkAboutPSD-081-10Staff Report # 2
Clari~~gton
Leading the Way
Meeting: COUNCIL
Date: June 28, 2010
Report#: PSD-081-10
REPORT
PLANNING SERVICES
Resolution #: ~''o? S6" ~ O
File #: PLN 23.5.14
Subject: LETTER TO PREMIER REGARDING HIGHWAY 407
By-law #: NIA
DATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended to Council the following:
THAT Report PSD-081-10 be received and the letter (Attachment 1) be endorsed.
Submitted by: Reviewed by:
F y Langm ' , FCSLA, MCIP
c ng Direct r of Planning Services
FL/df
23 June 2010
~~Q ~ ~
Franklin Wu,
Chief Administrative Officer
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C 3A6 T (905)623-3379 F (905)623-0830
REPORT NO.: PSD-081-10 PAGE 2
1.0 BACKGROUND
1.1 At the Council meeting of June 14, 2010 the following motion was passed:
"THAT staff of the Planning Services Department and Engineering
Services Department prepare a report with factual information to assist
Council in establishing a position to bring forward to the Ministry of
Transportation regarding the extension of Highway 407 to Highway35/115"
1.2 During the week of June 14th to 18th, the Mayor met with the Director of
Engineering Services, Acting CAO and Acting Director of Planning Services. The
letter (Attachment 1) was drafted and issued by the Mayor on June 18th
1.3 In addition, the Mayor requested the Clarington Board of Trade undertake a letter
writing campaign. The Acting Director of Planning Services has assisted the
Economic Development Officer in assembling information for CBOT members as
a resource.
2.0 CONCLUSION
2.1 That the letter in Attachment 1 be endorsed by Council.
Staff Contact: Faye Langmaid
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Letter to Premier
•
Mayor Jim Abernethy
June 18, 2010
Premier Dalton McGuinty
Room 281
Main Legislative Building
Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M7A lAl
Dear Premier McGuinty:
Lg~i"F/~9~/JB'/"UJI'60N
REVIEG'rEC 2Y.`---'-~--__
GRIGINAL TO:~
^ COUPICIL Cr COUNCIL '] FILE
CIREClIDN INFORMATION f
COPY TO:
^ MAYOq ^ MEMBERS ^ CAO
GE cour:ca
J COf,!MWNI?Y ^ GF.Pprygy ^ EMERGCENCY
SERVICES ~Bpl e- ~ FS
^ ENGINEERING ^ MUIICIPAL ^ OPERATIG~VS
SERVICES CLERN'S
^ PLANNING ^ SOLICITOq ^ TREASURY
SERVICES
^ OTHEq
MUNICIPAL CLERH'S
Attachment 1
To Report PSD-081-10
Prt 4~2.5~53
The Municipality of Clarington was very pleased to receive the announcement on June 2, 2q 10 that the
407 East Environmental Assessment had been approved by the Minister of Environment. However, we
are very disappointed with the subsequent Request for Qualifications issued by Infrastructure Ontario
for the design and construction of the 407 to the Simcoe Street area of Oshawa, and in particular the
reference that the remainder of the highway will be completed when warranted by demand.
An Environmental Assessment is intended to address the impacts related to both the construction and
operation of a proposed project, and to identify measures to mitigate the adverse effects of these
impacts. However, the termination of the highway at Simcoe Streefwas not addressed in the EA, and
neither were the resulting impacts on the local road network in Clarington.
Delaying the undertaking by not completing it in one phase to Highway 35/115 as committed in the EA
will have significant negative impacts on the local road infrastructure in the Municipality of Clarington.
These roads are neither designed nor constructed to the standards necessary to carry the traffic
accessing and exiting from the eastern. terminus of Highway 407 at Simcoe Street.
The Municipality of Clarington worked extensively with the 407 Project 'T'eam over the past several
years, and with the Ministry of Environment during the EA review period, to resolve numerous details
related to the location and design of the highway to ensure that the impacts on our community would be
minimized to the extent practicable. Given this level of consultation and cooperation, the Municipality
of Clarington is very disappointed that the Provincial Government did not give greater consideration to
the impact on our community that will now result from the staged implementation of the highway. As
well, much of the goodwill that the 407 Project Team had been able to establish with residents,
property owners, staff and politicians has evaporated due to this announcement:
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOVJMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C 3A6 T (905) 623-3379 F (905) 623-2582
e-mail -mayor@clarington.net
s
The federal/provincial FLOW announcement on March 6, 2007 committed $4.5 billion in public transit
and highway infrastructure projects in the Greater Toronto Area and includes a specific reference to the
extension of the Highway 407 east to Highway 35/115 by 2013. Clazington Council knew that 2013
was a very ambitious timeline and asked MTO representatives on more than one occasion if the
completion of the entire highway by 2013 was feasible. We were repeatedly assured that 2013 was the
expected completion date of the 407 to Highway 35/115.
Notwithstanding that the conditions set out in the EA approval allow for the "staged implementation of
the undertaking", there has been no discussion or consultation on the staging of the implementation.
We therefore respectfully request that the Minister abide by the conclusions of the EA and the
commitments made with respect to the expected completion date. It would be unreasonable and unfair
to expect the Municipality of Clarington and our residents to endure the impacts that will result from
not completing Highway 407 in one stage.
dim Abernethy
MAYOR
cc: The Honourable James M. Flaherty, Department of Finance
The Honourable Dwight Duncan, Ministry of Finance
Minister Brad Duguid, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure
Minister Kathleen Wynne, Minister of Transportation
John O'Toole, MPP, Durham
Joe Dickson, MPP, Ajax-Pickering
Jerry Ouellette, MPP, Oshawa
Wayne Arthurs, MPP, Pickering -Scarborough East
Christine Elliott, MPP, Whitby -Oshawa
Rick Johnson, MPP, Haliburton - Kawartha Lakes -Brock
Jeff Leal, MPP, Peterborough
Regional Chair Roger Anderson, Regional Municipality of Durham
Regional Councillors, Region of Durham
Clarington Board of Trade, Board Members
Members of Clarington Council
Frank Wu, Chief Administrative Officer
Faye Langmaid, Acting Director of Planning Services
Anthony Cannella, Director, Engineering Services
Mazie Marano, Director, Corporate Services