PUBLIC NOTICENotice of Completion: A Preferred Design Alternative has been completed for Bayview Drive and Big Bay Point Road improvementsThursday, January 26, 2017 Re:
Preferred Design Alternative for Bayview Drive (Little Avenue to Big Bay Point
Road) and Big Bay Point Road (Bayview Drive to Huronia Road)
NOTICE
OF COMPLETION
The
Corporation of the City of Barrie has completed a Class
Environmental Assessment to determine the Preferred Design Alternative Bayview
Drive (Little Avenue to Big Bay Point Road) and Big Bay Point Road (Huronia
Road to Bayview Drive) Transportation
Improvements. A hybrid of the Design Alternatives presented at the Public
Information Center was selected as the Preferred Design Alternative in order to
minimize impacts on property, driveways and natural environment
Design Highlights
Improvements
on Bayview Drive from Little Avenue to Big Bay Point Road include:
- two (2) vehicle lanes
- continuous two way left turning
lane
- bike lanes on both sides of the
street
- sidewalk on the west side of the
street
- right and left turning lanes
- daylighting triangles
Improvements
on Big Bay Point Road from Bayview Drive to Huronia Road include:
- four (4) vehicle lanes
- continuous two way left turning
lane
- buffered bike lanes on both sides
of the street
- sidewalk on the south side of the
street
- right and left turning lanes
- daylighting triangles
Full Design Details
Property
acquisition required to implement the Preferred Design Alternative is
identified in the Final
Environmental Study Report (ESR) and will be subject to available funding through
the capital planning process.
The
above project has been completed in accordance with Schedule “C” of the
Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (October 2000, as amended in 2007 and
2011). Public comments have been
considered in the development of the Preferred Design Alternative. The City of
Barrie intends to proceed with the design phase of this project subject to the
successful completion of the Class EA process comments received as a result of
this Notice and available funding.
The
details of the Preferred Design Alternative are contained in the ESR
and are available at the following locations during business hours:
- Clerk's Office - City Hall, 1st Floor, 70 Collier Street
- Engineering - City Hall, 6th Floor, 70 Collier Street
- Information Desk - Barrie Public Library, 60 Worsley Street
- Information Desk - Barrie Public Library, 48 Dean Avenue
Next Steps
If
concerns are raised, which cannot be resolved in discussion with the
Corporation of the City of Barrie, the Minister of the Environment and Climate
Change may be requested to make an order for the project to comply with Part II
of the Environmental Assessment Act (referred to as a Part II Order), which
addresses Individual Environmental Assessments.
Requests
for a Part II Order must be received by the Minister at the address below
within thirty (30) calendar days of this Notice. If
there are no requests received by February 28, 2017, Engineering
intends to proceed with the design phase of this project to implement the
Preferred Design Alternative.
Requests
should be directed to:
The Honourable Glen Murray
Minister of the Environment and Climate Change
Ferguson Block 11th Floor
77 Wellesley Street West
Toronto, ON, M7A 2T5
A
copy of the Part II Order request must also be sent to the attention of:
Mr. Lloyd Spooner, C.E.T.
Senior Water Technologist
City of Barrie
70 Collier Street, 6th Floor
This Notice issued January 26th and January 28th, 2017.
Dawn McAlpine Richard Forward, MBA, M.Sc., P.Eng
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