<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><div class="yiv555693982grid_3" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><div id="yiv555693982sidebar-left"><div class="yiv555693982widget yiv555693982widget_displayImg">There is a planned Nascar type race track being propoed for over 700 acres of prime farmland in the Niagara area. A poll is currently underway to find out if the public supports this or not. It's online here:<br></div><div class="yiv555693982widget yiv555693982widget_displayImg"><br></div><div class="yiv555693982widget yiv555693982widget_displayImg"><a href="http://www.bulletnewsniagara.ca/2012/01/18/reader-opinion-poll-do-you-support-the-canadian-motor-speedway-proposal-in-fort-erie/">http://www.bulletnewsniagara.ca/2012/01/18/reader-opinion-poll-do-you-support-the-canadian-motor-speedway-proposal-in-fort-erie/</a><br></div><div
class="yiv555693982widget yiv555693982widget_displayImg"><br></div><div class="yiv555693982widget yiv555693982widget_displayImg">Here is more info on the project: </div></div></div><div id="yiv555693982archive" class="yiv555693982grid_8" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><div class="yiv555693982grid_8 yiv555693982alpha yiv555693982omega"><div class="yiv555693982description"><h1 style="margin-top: 0.67em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.67em; margin-left: 0px; ">Ontario Municipal Board hearing for proposed motor speedway still months away</h1></div><div class="yiv555693982clear"></div></div><div class="yiv555693982grid_8 yiv555693982alpha yiv555693982omega"><div id="yiv555693982content"><div id="yiv555693982attachment_2722" class="yiv555693982wp-caption yiv555693982alignright" style="width: 310px; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://www.bulletnewsniagara.ca/2011/04/06/150-million-speedway-proposal-stalls/speedway/" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><img class="yiv555693982size-medium yiv555693982wp-image-2722" title="speedway" alt="" src="http://www.bulletnewsniagara.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/speedway-300x225.jpg" height="225" width="300" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "></a><div class="yiv555693982wp-caption-text" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">An artist's rendering of the proposed Canadian Motor Speedway complex. Graphic: Special to Bullet News</div></div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><strong style="font-weight: bold; ">JOHN ROBBINS/Bullet News</strong></div><div
style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">FORT ERIE – It’ll be at least June before an Ontario Municipal Board hearing into the proposed Canadian Motor Speedway complex in Fort Erie gets under way.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">At a pre-hearing meeting Tuesday, parties representing the proponents and those opposed to the project failed to set a firm date for the start of full-fledged hearings, which is the next hurdle to overcome along the road to approval.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">At $150 million, the Canadian Motor Speedway is one of the largest private-sector projects ever proposed in Fort Erie.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The proposal calls for the track complex to be built on an 821-acre property
west of the Queen Elizabeth Way, between Bowen Road and Gilmore Road.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Plans call for grandstand seating for up to 100,000 people, a one-mile oval racetrack and a 2.5-mile road course.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Other facilities include a research and development centre in partnership with McMaster University and a 74-acre commercial complex with restaurants, shopping and entertainment venues.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Opponents worry about potential environmental impacts, including noise and air quality.</div><div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The project has the backing of municipal council, which has long seen the project as a one-in-a-life-time opportunity,
with the potential to create hundreds of news jobs and boost the fortunes of local businesses that would supply goods and services.</div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>