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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone – link about rallies:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://ca.engagingnetworks.app/page/email?mid=2a25898b262a4397ae9181531083732e"><span style='color:blue'>GREENBELT NOT ASPHALT! Join the Day of Action in person or online! (engagingnetworks.app)</span></a> a note about this highway proposal - When we drive from KW to Toronto and back, a huge portion of the 401 is being widened, and widened a lot, like from 3 lanes each way to 5+ each way, so before considering a whole new destructive highway, it could be argued it would be best to take a “<b>wait and see</b>” approach…if the widening helps relieve quite a bit of the congestion pressure, and people will likely be able to get around faster, it will lessen the need for another new highway. Ford has been saying “The 401 is a parking lot, and we’re getting so much pressure from truckers and businesses etc. to do something about it asap.” Well something IS being done- give it time to be completed and used, and re-assess need.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>By the way does anyone know who planned for and budgeted for the huge amount of construction that is going on along the 401? It must be costing a huge amount, more than I could imagine Ford ever paying for…..bridges being rebuilt, the huge widenings, new pipes and infrastructure – was this approved under the Wynn government but is just happening now? I know local Daiene Vernille (sp?) did a lot of work getting road improvements in place under Wynn.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>By the way, when driving out of the town of Bridgeport heading east on Bridge Street the other day , a huge amount of earth is being moved around on the flatlands between the Grand River and Bridge street as shown here - <a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.4761333,-80.4655268,16z"><span style='color:blue'>Google Maps</span></a> – does anyone know what is happening there? At first I thought it might be for the extension of the new highway 7 to Guelph, which apparently has to go in the air as a flyover above the river, as it extends off the end of Wellington Street. It might be that, but the area is huge, and its all being prepared for something---houses? Industrial park?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lori S.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
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