Notice of Study Completion
Hanlan Feedermain Municipal Class Environmental Assessment

The Study

The Region of Peel (the Region), through its consultant AECOM, has completed a Schedule ‘C’ Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) study to identify the preferred route for a new large diameter municipal water pipe in the City of Mississauga. This 2.4 metre diameter pipe, called the Hanlan Feedermain, will extend approximately 15 km north from the Lakeview Water Treatment Plant to the existing Hanlan Reservoir and Pumping Station (see map). As documented in the Region’s 2007 Water & Wastewater Master Plan Update, this new Hanlan Feedermain is required to meet the Region’s future water supply needs to support planned growth, including intensification in the City of Mississauga. The proposed feedermain will also provide back-up service in the event of a disruption to the existing feedermain (security of supply).

This Municipal Class EA is also addressing the requirements of the Ontario Realty Corporation (ORC) Class EA process with respect to anticipated land acquisitions/easements required from the ORC.

Recommended Routes

The recommended Hanlan Feedermain route includes a combination of open cut and tunnel construction along Lakefront Promenade, Lakeshore Road, Dixie Road (including Cormack Crescent), Eastgate Parkway, Tomken Road and Britannia Road. An interconnection to the existing Hanlan Feedermain is also proposed along Burnhamthorpe Road and at Eastgate Parkway. Tunnel shaft construction compounds will be required for tunnelling along Lakeshore Road and for tunnel crossings of the QEW, Little Etobicoke Creek, the existing Hanlan Feedermain, Eastgate Parkway, Eglinton Avenue and Britannia Road.

Construction is scheduled to start in 2012 and will take approximately two years to complete, although some sections will be advanced for construction with other approved capital works. It is expected that construction will cause temporary traffic disruptions, including moving lane restrictions along the recommended route. The Region will continue to inform the public of construction plans as this project proceeds.

Environmental Study Report

An Environmental Study Report (ESR) has been prepared to document the planning process followed, including conclusions and recommendations, and how public input was received and considered. The ESR will be available for public review for a period of 30-calendar days, starting Nov. 11 and ending Dec. 10, 2009. The ESR will be available online at www.peelregion.ca/HanlanEA and during regular business hours at the following locations:

Comments

Interested parties should provide written comments to Mr. Martin Pendlebury (see below) within the 30-day review period. If concerns arise regarding this project that cannot be resolved, you may request that the Minister of the Environment make an order for the project to comply with Part II of the Environmental Assessment Act (commonly referred to as a Part II Order or “bump up” request), which addresses individual environmental assessments. The Minister must receive requests for Part II Orders, at the address below, by Dec. 10, 2009.

The Honourable John Gerretsen
Minister of the Environment
135 St. Clair Ave. W., 12th Fl.
Toronto, ON M4V 1P5

A copy of the Part II Order request must also be sent to:

If no Part II Order requests are received, the Region may proceed with design and construction of the recommended works as presented in the ESR. Information will be collected in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

Revised: Friday November 13 2009

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