NOTICE OF FILING OF ADDENDUM: Tenth Line and Mountain Road Improvements Schedule ‘C’ Municipal Class Environmental Assessment

BACKGROUND

In 2019, the Town of Collingwood filed a Notice of Completion for the Tenth Line and Mountain Road Improvements Schedule ‘C’ Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA). The purpose of the Class EA was to examine road and intersection improvements along the Tenth Line, from Sixth Street to Mountain Road (approximately 1.2 km) and along Mountain Road from Cambridge Street to the Tenth Line (approximately 1.3 km) in an effort to address capacity and operational deficiencies and to accommodate future growth. The project study area is depicted in the figure below.

The Preferred Design Option that was selected through the Class EA included the addition of vehicular lanes as well as on-road bicycle facilities for both roads. 

ADDENDUM

Since the Class EA was completed, there have been changes to the guidance and standards for the design of bicycle facilities, which has caused the Town to re-examine and modify the Preferred Design Option.

By way of this Notice, the Town is advising that the Preferred Design Option has been revised to remove the on-road bicycle facilities and, instead, proposes to accommodate active transportation through the incorporation of sidewalks and multi-use paths for both roads. 

An Addendum Report has been prepared and contains details of the proposed modifications to the Preferred Design Option. The Addendum Report is being placed on the public record for a 30-day review and comment period. Please note that only the changes proposed by the Addendum are open for review. 

A digital copy of the Addendum Report is available on the Town of Collingwood’s Engage Page.  A hard copy of the Addendum Report as well as the original Environmental Study Report (ESR) are also available for review during regular business hours at the Collingwood Public Library located at 55 Ste. Marie Street.

Interested parties may submit written comments to the Town’s project manager, Mr. Mike Latimer (contact information below) by May 27, 2023.  In addition, a request may be made to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for an order to require the completion of a higher level of study, or that conditions be imposed, on the basis that the requested order may prevent, mitigate or remedy adverse impacts on constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty rights. Such requests must be submitted in writing to the Ministry and Town contacts listed below. Please note that requests for an order on grounds unrelated to aboriginal and treaty rights will not be considered by the Ministry.  

In the event that no order is received and subject to public comments as well as funding and approvals, the Town of Collingwood intends to proceed with detailed design and construction as presented in the Class EA and Addendum documents. 

Please note that ALL personal information included in written comments and requests - such as name, address, telephone number - is collected, maintained and may be disclosed for the purpose of transparency and consultation. The information is collected under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act or is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public as described in s.37 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Personal information you submit will become part of a public record that is available to the general public unless you request that your personal information remain confidential. This notice was first issued on April 27, 2023.