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Session 2: Trade‐Offs in the Central Section 

of the Study Area

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PURPOSE • Review the key issues and trade‐offs the project team has

identified in the central section of the GTA West study area

• Obtain your input on the key issues and trade‐offs

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REFINED SHORT LIST OF ROUTE ALTERNATIVES AND POTENTIAL INTERCHANGE LOCATIONS  

NOTE: POTENTIAL INTERCHANGE LOCATIONS BEING REFINED THROUGH MUNICIPAL INPUT NOW UNDERWAY

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SHORT LIST OF ROUTE ALTERNATIVES AND POTENTIAL INTERCHANGE LOCATIONS ‐ CENTRAL SECTION 

NOTE: POTENTIAL INTERCHANGE LOCATIONS BEING REFINED THROUGH MUNICIPAL INPUT 

NOW UNDERWAY

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EXAMPLES OF TRADE‐OFFS• Widening existing Highway 410/10 vs. new direct Highway 410 connection

– Access and community impacts to Valleywood, access for properties on HurontarioStreet, impacts to planned developments, natural environment

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EXAMPLES OF TRADE‐OFFS• Road network in the Highway 50 / Coleraine Drive/Highway 427 area

– Compatibility with future municipal road network, interchange spacing, development

• Northern vs. southern routes– Agriculture and fragmentation of land, residences, sensitive environmental features,

compatibility with future municipal road network

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FACILITATED GROUP DISCUSSION 

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1. Do you prefer the northerly or southerly routes through the areaand why?

2. Do you prefer Alternative 10G (utilizes existing Highway 10/410)or Alternatives 10B or 10C (new direct Highway 410 connection)and why?

3. What are your interchange option preferences in the Highway427 / Coleraine Drive / Highway 50 / Mayfield Road area andwhy?

FACILITATED GROUP DISCUSSION – CENTRAL SECTION