RE: IN THEIR OWN WORDS, WINTER 2020 Editor’s Note: Unfortunately, we forgot to credit our amazing photographer, Jessica Crandlemire, for the photos of hospital workers at the Collingwood General & Marine Hospital. We apologize for the omission.
RE: CLEARVIEW SIDEROAD 26/27 PROPOSED RECONSTRUCTION AND THE CLOSING OF COUNTY ROAD 91 We strongly support Lorrie Gillis’ comments in your Winter issue with respect to the closing of former Simcoe County Road 91. We submit this is a flawed decision made by the Township of Clearview. As background, Simcoe County agreed to turn over to Clearview, Simcoe County Road 91 from Simcoe County Road 124 at Duntroon to where it dead ends and connects with Grey County Road 35. Simcoe contributed $2 million dollars to this transfer. Clearview then proposed to sell to Walker Aggregates Ltd. a one-kilometre-long portion of former County Rd. 91 for $7.5 million dollars. This all happened back in 2011 prior to the Walker Quarry Hearing to establish a second quarry immediately north of the existing quarry. The Walker Quarry was approved on June 18, 2012 and a condition of approval of the quarry is the reconstruction of Clearview Sideroad 26/27. Clearview made their first application to the Niagara Escarpment Commission for approval to reconstruct Sideroad 26/27 in January of 2014. This application was refused by the Niagara Escarpment Commission on November 27, 2015 by a vote of 12-1 for the following reasons: 1. The road project did not meet the test of “essential” as alternatives were not taken into consideration, a requirement of lands zoned as Escarpment Natural Area. 2. A tunnel under County Road 91 was provided, making the
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