Transportation ministry invites residents for an overview webinar of the GTA West Highway Sept. 29

Yorkregion.com
Sept. 20, 2021

Ontario’s transportation ministry is inviting residents to a community engagement and transit corridor environmental study webinar scheduled Sep. 29 over the GTA West Highway, it said in a news release Sept. 13

The ministry said it is in Stage 2 of its environmental assessment after “confirming the preferred route and 2020 focused analysis area on Aug. 7, 2020.”

However, after public uproar over the proposed highway that will cross through Vaughan's protected Greenbelt, the federal minister of environment and climate change designated the GTA West Study under the Federal Impact Assessment Act on May 3.

Both Vaughan and King withdrew their endorsement of the proposed highway, however, York Region is still backing the bid.

Public meeting re GTA West Highway

The webinar comes after the GTA West Project Team hosted a community engagement Webinar in July.

Now, the ministry is hosting its second community engagement webinar on Sept. 29, from 6 to 8 p.m.

The ministry said that its GTA West Project Team will provide the same overview of the project as was presented in July, followed by a question-and-answer period.

Expert panellists from a variety of disciplines will be in attendance to answer people’s questions.

Those who have questions can submit them to the GTA West Project Team in advance of the webinar by emailing project_team@gta-west.com, using the contact form on the project website at www.gta-west.com/contactus, or calling the toll-free telephone line at 1-877-522-6916.