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colin b. · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 1222 Location: MILTON

Just wanted to let everyone know that thanks to the hundreds of emails sent by Milton residents and hawthornevillager members, my request to accelerate this project has been included in the 2010 budget presentation which was presented today to bring forward the engineering and design work to be tender ready from 2014 to 2010 at a cost of $ 2.4 million with the construction work which takes about 18 months to complete from 2016 to 2012 at a cost of $ 20.6 million.

Regional council will be considering all the budget submissions and recommendations over the next three weeks and have final approval at the Regional Council on Wednesday Decemeber 16th.

You can see the details of the staff recommendations at www.halton.ca and in Friday's Champion.

Council also today finalized some of the details of the engineering work for the widening of Tremaine Road to Main St. W. to start that process in early 2010 and the completion of the widening of Derry road from Bronte to Tremaine Road and the detour around the CN line within the next few months to allow the underpass construction to start.

Chair Carr and the public works staff have been working closely with the Town and I to bring this project forward due to the growth of the Harrison and Scott neighbourhoods and increased traffic along Derry road.

The Town will be announcing its staff recommendations next week and I will be posting more information on both budgets in the near future.

Colin Best
Local & Regional councillor
Member of the Halton Budget Review Committee
www.colinbest.ca

digijay · Joined: 23 Jul 2008 Posts: 641 Location: HVE

That is Fantastic news!!! Thanks Colin!
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Farhan · Joined: 18 Mar 2009 Posts: 93

Thats really good .. I hope that it woud get approved ... as what I understand from Colin's email that it is still under consideration ...

Scott & Kristina · Joined: 19 Jan 2009 Posts: 231 Location: "Sumac Corner B"

Yes that is great news.

Hopefully the underpass will keep cars where they are supposed to be instead of zooming down the Scott Boulevard Expressway.
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rrknight · Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Posts: 945

GREAT! Big thanks to Colin and Zhamid for making this happen for HVE.

csb101 · Joined: 13 Nov 2006 Posts: 2233

So what you are saying Colin is that the underpass work will begin sometime in 2010 (any date yet?) and should be completed by 2012?

Zeeshan Hamid · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:38 pm Post subject:

Thanks Colin!

http://www.zhamid.ca/result.php shows that 273 people sent e-mails via my website. Wow, I did not expect more than a few dozen hits honestly.

@csb101 - design etc. in 2010. Construction in 2012. One caveat is that 2010 budget is what's coming up for approval in 3 weeks ... 2012 is technically still at the mercy of the next council.

I will take the petition down from my website when the budget is approved (Dec 16th).This petition was a huge motivation behind setting up the site (my blog was initially hosted at blogspot). The site will feel so empty without it.
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hawthorner · Joined: 18 Jul 2009 Posts: 150

Zeeshan - you are my hero. thank you so much for setting Up the petition and rallying people in the neighbourhood to sign it. you are a great asset to this community. i hope my hunch is correct and that you will run for the council.

colin - we are lucky to have you as our councilor. you should run for the mayor. i have never voted in a city election before. i wil this time and you have my vote.

this is superb.

APMilton · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 187 Location: Milton since 2006

Agreed - efforts like this don't go unnoticed. The sticky note at the door is a great idea! Good work!

bzymommy · Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 266

Thanks a lot Colin!! As said previously, efforts like this do not go unnoticed. Thank you both, Colin and Zeeshan, for your hard work and dedication! Very Happy

morningsunshine · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 131

Thanks Colin and Zeeshan!

Fingers crossed that it's approved!

anonymous1 · Joined: 02 Nov 2007 Posts: 204

Great news. Like everyone I appreciate all the hard work.
My only concern is that the construction is completed on schedule in by 2012 and sticks to the original plan of 18 months….. and not another Thompson road which seemed to drag on and on.

Either way this news is way better than the original plan

sandmanD42 · Joined: 10 Nov 2009 Posts: 43

My only Question is why we only have one Milton Councillor working for the residents on this important issue?

It seems that Colin is the only Councillor that works for the residents.

Why are we paying the rest of Town Council for sitting on there hands?

Thanks Colin for a Great Job Very Happy

Devious · Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 979

I think Colin is great, but a few facts:
* Not being an active member of Hawthorne Villager doesn't mean you aren't working for the residents of the community. There are tons of people in Milton that will never end up coming on here, some not even on the intarweb (Membership is ~5K)
* Colin is a regional & municipal councilor. This overpass (as I understand it) is a regional issue. The Milton regional reps would be Mayor Krantz Barry Lee and Colin Best

Brandon & Erin · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:54 am Post subject:

Great News!!

Thank you Colin and Zhamid for your hard work.

- Brandon
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