At March 7 Council York Region presented an update of their Transportation Plan. You can see here their presentation. Recommendations are scheduled to be made to York Region Council in June 2016; at that time I believe budget requirements and timelines are identified. Map on page 17 of 21 shows road projects; if implemented there is going to be a lot of new pavement across the Region and in King! Given all the talk about reducing our carbon foot print and greenhouse gases it is somewhat shocking to see these plans to keep the growing traffic moving. To be fair, I need to acknowledge that the Plan also shows a rural bus connection and there are proposals for additional commuter parking lots. I look forward to hear how King Staff assesses these plans in terms of impact on King. I will let you know when their report is available.
Of particular concern to me are the road projects in King: 4 lane widening projects on Weston Road south of King Road, King Road west to beyond Hwy 27 and Dufferin south of 15th Sideroad. The report also shows 15th Sideroad connecting to Hwy 400. The latter is particularly concerning given proximity to the shallow wells in Kingscross and the natural heritage features in the area.
Debbie:
Agreed the “paving over” of King is an idea of negative solutions with only problem creating outcomes….NO to this
No also to taking traffic across on the 15th side road. Again the degradation of King’s precious acreage.
Thank you for representing environmental and resident best interests for now and future planning.
King Twp. is unique and as such beyond value. Growth for the sake of boasting or individual/developer profit,
or some thoughtless disconnect of values must be given the bad label it deserves.