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THURSDAY JANUARY 12, 2023 Advocates say a hydro corri-dor that runs from Pickering toOshawa is an untapped opportu- nity for recreation and safe active transportation in Durham, in-cluding cycling.The Region of Durham has se- lected SvN Architects and Plan-ners for a visioning study on the27-kilometre portion of the Gati- neau Hydro Corridor that has been dubbed the Durham Mead-oway.It runs from the Rouge Nation- al Urban Park in west Pickeringto Simcoe Street in Oshawa in thenorthern section of the urban ar- eas in Pickering, Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa.It encompasses 23 neighbour-hoods, part of Hwy. 407, a golf course, the Heber Down Conser-vation Area in Whitby and nu- DURHAM LOOKING AT REC, TRAIL OPTIONS FOR HYDRO CORRIDOR See ‘THIS’,page 15 REKA SZEKELY rszekely@durhamregion.com Toronto's Scarborough Meadoway, pictured in bloom in the summer, is an example of what might be possible in Durham as the region considers options for a 27-kilometre hydro corridor that runs from Pickering to Oshawa. 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The Toronto Po-lice Service said a victimwas lured to the area aboutapotential business trans- action.A suspected pointed afirearm at the victim anddemanded money, policesaid.A suspect was arrestedon Wednesday, Dec. 28, po- lice added.During the arrest, po-lice found a large sum of Canadian money, a large quantity of what is believedto be counterfeit currencyand black and white paperthat is believed to used in currency scams.A 'black money scam' ora'wash scam' happens when a victim is given alarge quantity of bank-note-sized black or whitepieces of paper and a sus- pect convinces the victimthat if they buy a specialsolvent from the seller, thesolvent will remove the dye on the paper and the noteswill become real bills, po-lice said. Hallie Ndorley, 48 Ajax,has been charged with rob-bery with a firearm, carry- ing a concealed weapon,pointing a firearm, failing to comply with a probationorder, possession of pro-ceeds of crime over $5,000and possession of counter- feit money.He was held for a bailhearing.The Toronto police is making the public aware ofthis fraudulent scam."Remember, that if it sounds too good to be true,it probably is," police add-ed. AJAX MAN ARRESTED IN 'BLACK MONEY SCAM' IN TORONTO CRIME HALLIE NDORLEY Toronto Police Service photo The Ontario ProvincialPolice has charged a 25- year-old driver from Whit-by with impaired driving inconnection with the Dec. 30 fatal wrong-way crash.Police have confirmedthat a 55-year-old Whitbyman is dead, and two oth- ers, including a 28-year-oldfrom Ajax, were taken tohospital following what po-lice describe as a head-oncrash involving a vehicletravelling the wrong wayalong Hwy. 401 in Pickering early on Dec. 30.The westbound lanes ofHwy. 401 in the vicinity ofBrock Road were closed for several hours as an investi-gation and cleanup werecarried out, OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said via social me-dia. The highway reopenedat around 3 p.m. Sgt. Schmidt said thatthe crash involved a vehi-cle going the wrong way on the highway just after 5a.m."Reports are that one of the vehicles was travellingeastbound in the west-bound lanes when it collid- ed head-on with anothervehicle," he said.A 25-year-old Whitby man faces impaired driv-ing charges, as well as re-fusing to provide a breath sample. Police did not releasehis name. DRIVER IN FATAL WRONG-WAY CRASH ON HWY. 401 FACING CHARGES JEFF MITCHELL jmitchell@ durhamregion.com Police have confirmed that a 55-year-old man is dead and two others have been taken to hospital following what police are describing as a head-on crash involving a vehicle travelling the wrong way on Highway 401 in Pickering early on Friday, Dec. 30. OPP Highway Safety Division Twitter photo OFFERS VALID ONLY AT IL FORNELLO AJAX |905 427 1110 ilfornello.com/ajax | DINE IN ONLY NONNA WENT PLANT-BASED. PLANT-BASED & MORE Family Owned And Operated Since 1953Family Owned And Operated Since 1953 733 KINGSTON RD. E. 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It's boundedby Picov's Saddlery to the west, CasinoAjax to the east, Kingston Road East to thesouth and Kerrison Road to the north.•The restoration project created and ex-panded marsh and swamp wetland habitat;decommissioned two old farm ponds and associated infrastructure; restored andstabilized stream bank erosion; realignedand reconstructed the Carruthers Creek multi-use trail; and managed populationsof invasive species. •Thousands of native trees and shrubswere planted throughout the restoration area to improve biodiversity, increase nat-ural cover and habitat for local wildlife andenhance the green space for the communi- ty.•Tree fencing has been installed aroundthe new planting areas to deter deer brows-ing and allow the new plantings to estab- lish and grow. •Ongoing monitoring, invasive speciesmanagement and native tree/shrub plant-ing will continue to occur throughout 2023 and beyond. NEWS WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? KERRISON ROAD WETLAND Jason Liebregts/Metroland WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON SOMEWHERE IN YOUR COMMUNITY? VISIT DURHAMREGION.COM 5 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , J a n u a r y 1 2 , 2 0 2 3 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m *Call for details, offers cannot be combined, O.A.C. AIR CONDITIONER & FURNACE SALE FREE Aprilaire 600M Humidifier with purchase of Furnace & Air Conditioner “Your Heating & Cooling Specialists” FROM $39 AMONTH* RENTALOR FINANCING PROTECTION PLANs FROM $9.95/MTH* * sERvICE CALLs FR O M $79* Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa (905) 576-7600 1910 Dundas St E Unit 117, Whitby all for details, offers Max Weatherhead, a Pickering resident and Blaisdale Montessori School student in Grade 8, with Pickering-Uxbridge MPP Peter Bethlenfalvy, Ontario's Minister of Finance. Max recently wrapped up a four-week term as a legislative page. Sharon Navarro photo MAX AND THE MINISTER Durham Region's firstbaby of 2023 was born at the Ajax-Pickering hospital al-most three hours into thenew year. Lakeridge Health hasdeemed Anthony Powell,born at 2:46 a.m. on Jan. 1,to be Durham's first baby of the new year. He weighedfour pounds, six ouncesand is the first child for par- ents Jennifer Lopez andAkeem Powell of Oshawa.Both baby and mom are doing well, said LakeridgeHealth. In the New Life Centre atthe Port Perry hospital, an-other baby boy — Kerrigan —arrived at 9:17 a.m. to par-ents Rachel Kerrigan andKevin Hannah. He weighedsix pounds, eight ounces. Staff at LakeridgeHealth's maternity wardswere also busy on New Year's Eve, with baby girlBelle Tomlin arriving at 12:19p.m. on Dec. 31 at the Port Perry hospital. She weighednine pounds even. Also onDec. 31, baby boy Perry ar- rived at 5:18 p.m. at the Ajax-Pickering hospital, weighing10 pounds, four ounces.The final baby born in Durham in 2022, accordingto Lakeridge Health, wasThomas Rider at 8:23 p.m. to parents Stephanie andDerek Rider at the Oshawahospital. He weighed sixpounds, 15 ounces. Lakeridge Health hasbirthing suites at its Ajax-Pickering, Port Perry and Oshawa hospitals and de-livers close to 4,500 babieseach year. NEWS NEW YEAR USHERS IN NEW BABIES ACROSS DURHAM REGION Ask about our Limited-Time Offer! 1-844-727-8679 |Chartwell.com CHARTWELL PICKERING CITY CENTRE CHARTWELL HARWOOD CHARTWELL COLONIAL CHARTWELL WYNFIELD CHARTWELL BOWMANVILLE CREEK Drop in to any Chartwell retirement residence, where you can look around, get your questions answered and explore how we can make your life better. Virtual options also available. dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m New s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , J a n u a r y 1 2 , 2 0 2 3 | 6 ABOUT USThis newspaper, published everyThursday, is a division of the Met-roland Media Group Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torstar Corpora-tion. The Metroland family of news-papers is comprised of more than 70community publications acrossOntario. This newspaper is a member of the National NewsMedia Council. Com- plainants are urged to bring their concerns to the attention of the newspaper and, if not satisfied, write The National News Media Council, Suite 200, 890 Yonge St., Toronto, ON M4W 2H2. Phone: 416-340-1981 Web: www.mediacouncil.ca newsroom@durhamregion.com facebook.com/newsdurham @newsdurham WHO WE ARE Publisher and Chief Executive Officer Neil Oliver Vice President, Content, Community and Operations Dana Robbins Director of Content Lee Ann Waterman Managing Editor Mike Lacey Director of Advertising Tanya Pacheco Director Distribution Jason Christie Director Creative Services Paul Gostlin Durham Advisory Council Dan Carter; Esther Enyolu; Jake Farr; Dr. Vidal Chavannes; Cynthia Davis; Elaine Popp/Don Lovisa; John Henry; Sue McGovern; Kerri King; Steve Yamada; Kelly LaRocca; Peter Bethlenfalvy; Dr. Steven Murphy; Norah Marsh; Tracy Paterson; Chris Darling; Christina Curry CONTACT US Ajax/Pickering News Advertiser Phone: 905- 579-4407 Newsroom: 905-215-0462 Sales: 905-215-0424 Classifieds: 1-800-263-6480 Fax: 905-579-2238 Web: www.durhamregion.com Letters to the editorAll letters must be fewer than 320words and include your name andtelephone number for verificationpurposes. We reserve the right toedit, condense or reject letters.Published letters will appear in printand/or online at durhamregion.com DeliveryFor all delivery inquiries, please call905-683-5117. OPINION TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR OWN CONTENT VISIT DURHAMREGION.COM LETTERS & COMMENTARY Christmas Count season has flown by, an excitingthree weeks as hundreds of thousands of keeners take time out from festivities to race around birding, their collected reports painting a picture of what birds are where across the Americas.Citizen science at work, providing valuable data for conservationists. An annu- al tradition for 122 years! I was particularly inter- ested in hearing about eve- ning grosbeaks, big colour-ful finches from the boreal forest that used to visit our feeders most winters, and hung out around the familyfarm in Haliburton County well into spring, their bur- ry chip notes a regular partof spring chorus in the sug- ar bush. These dramatic yellow-black-and-white robin-size birds practicallydisappeared from much of Ontario in recent years, so I was glad to hear about anincursion this fall, report- edly due to an outbreak of spruce budworm, their fa- vourite food. I was hopingChristmas Counts would tell me how far south they'd come. Well into Durham? Fingers crossed! Unfortunately not. Huntsville counters found 230 and those around Min-den, four days later, about 600. The Oshawa count? Alas, a big fat zero. I phoned a friend in Haldimand County to see if evening grosbeak flocks might havebypassed the GTA, but counts there didn't turn up any either. Isabel Bartley, who liveseast of Blackstock, had a flock of 50 coming to her feeders in November. Butwhen she returned home after caring for an ailing relative for a while, all but one frail-looking bird haddeparted, as these wander- ers do when they eat up all the food available in an ar-ea. Beautiful pink-red pine grosbeaks were a second item on my wish list. Theynormally feast on local ber- ries and buds, then move on as well. The Huntsville count had 126 and compiler Ron Tozer told me an envi- able tale of watching 10 of them gobbling fruits in acrabapple tree, along with 14 Bohemian waxwings, an- other species I long to see. The Minden count turned up 25 pine grosbeaks, and I've heard rumours of some scattered through the OakRidges Moraine. While I'd love nothing better than to search out and admire flocks of boththese exotic species in weeks to come, I was grate- ful to watch some 40 eve-ning grosbeaks coming and going to a well-stocked feed- er the day of the Minden count. And then to find asingle pine grosbeak eating grit on a snowy back road, a beautiful rose-coloured male set off against an all- white background. An im- age I'll carry with me all winter.Nature queries: mcar- ney1490@gmail.com or 905- 725-2116. Metroland columnistMargaret Carney finds so much to discover and mar-vel at when exploring thegreat outdoors. LOOKING FOR GROSBEAK REPORTS MARGARET CARNEYHEARD OF EVENINGGROSBEAKS NEARBY,BUT IN OSHAWA AREA,'ALAS, A BIG FAT ZERO' MARGARET CARNEY Column A male evening grosbeak, a bird most often seen in the boreal forest. Columnist Margaret Carney notes, 'I was grateful to watch some 40 evening grosbeaks coming and going to a well-stocked feeder the day of the Minden (Christmas bird) count.' Mike McEvoy photo EVENING GROSBEAK ASHBURN RESIDENT CALLING ON MPP TO VOICE BILL 23 CONCERNS To the editor: I support our mayor'scolumn in your Dec. 8 is-sue. Mayor Roy has done an excellent job detailingand explaining the impactof this horrendous Bill 23.She states four excellent points.As a constituent of ourMPP, Lorne Coe, I would ask that he responds pub-licly to all four points andexplains to the folks he rep-resents, and who voted for him, why he has publiclystated he supports Bill 23. Every municipality and mayor in Ontario has comeout and stated how bad thisbill is for our environmentand our pocketbooks. Ashburn residents havewritten many letters to Mr.Coe, asking him to rise inthe legislature and statehis constituents' seriousconcerns with the bill. He has refused to do soand not responded person- ally to all of the letters sentto him. This is wrong; an elect- ed representative is sup-posed to be our voice. This bill must bestopped and proper consul- tation must take place withall stakeholders, includingFirst Nations, who have been completely ignored. Our constitution re-quires this, but our pre-mier thinks it is more im- portant to favour certaindeveloper friends. Durham residents arecompletely frustrated with our elected MPPs.RON STEVENSASHBURN REGION NOT IN 'FULL COMPLIANCE' WITH ACT To the editor:Last year, the OntarioHuman Rights Commis-sion ruled in favour of Mr. Hejka in the case, Hejkaversus Durham Region. The complaint was inregards to discrimination by Durham Region TransitSpecialized Services. The ruling, although di- rected at Specialized Ser-vices, also is relevant to ac-cessibility practices onconventional services. My experiences andcomplaints over the yearshave gone overlooked and unheard.Perhaps it is time for theregion to be required tobring forward a major plan as to what is being done tobring DRT in full compli-ance with the Transporta-tion Standard of the Acces- sibility for Ontarians withDisabilities Act. Expected compliance is in 2025.PHILLIP MCCORKELLAJAX SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT DURHAMREGION.COM 7 | Pic k e r i n g N e w s A d v e r t i s e r | P | T h u r s d a y , J a n u a r y 1 2 , 2 0 2 3 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m @cityofpickering Weekly Community Page January 12 Customer Care Centre 905.683.7575 (24-hour line) customercare@pickering.capickering.ca HappyHealthyNewYear! 3-dayFreeTrial* PickitupJanuary2-28. 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Meaning, if youhave a variable mortgageof $500,000 it will cost $150/ mth more to carry. If welook back to March whenthe rates started to rise,that same mortgage car- ries for about $1,100 moreper month. The questionthat keeps coming up is "how are these rates affect-ing sales and values?"Let's look at the past fewmonths to see if we can no- tice any trends. Since July,the rates have increased by2.75 per cent. Common sense would tell you thatwith rates going up, valueswould fall, however some-thing quite different is happening. Since the ratesstarted to increase in July,the average detached home in Oshawa has in-creased by $38,000. Cla-rington has increased by$22,000 and Whitby has held to similar prices, slip-ping only a small amount.For all homes in DurhamRegion, the prices are ef- fectively the same sinceJuly.It is not unusual for prices in a normal market to drop when you move in-to November and Decem-ber, so when we see prices maintaining or even in-creasing a small amount,this is an indication thatthe coming months will be strong, with active salesand increasing prices.Over the same period (July to current), the num-ber of homes for sale inDurham Region hasdropped by 25 per cent. With prices edging up orstaying the same and in-ventory dropping, what we have seen in the past fewyears may repeat itself —buyers bidding over thefew homes for sale. A common driver forbuyers currently has al-ways been mortgage rates, however we are seeingsome trends that are caus-ing fast sales with quickclosing dates. If a buyer was pre-approved in Octo-ber and had a committedrate that is 1 per cent lower than what is available, weare seeing sales takingplace to secure the lowrate, rather than to lose it. Banks typically lock in arate for a buyer for 90 days,and if the buyer does notfind a home, they lose the low rate. This means buy-ers who were pre-ap-proved in early December, prior to the rates rising, would need to close on ahome in early March. Pre-approvals seem to bedriving the market, andwith another rate increaseexpected this month, this will heat things up evenmore.Selling a home when there is snow on the groundis never the dream of a sell-er, but this might be an op-portunity. No one truly knows what the future hasin store, but the trends thatare unfolding seem to indi- cate that the January —February market will be ahot one. This activity maycause ripple effects that might make the spring mar-ket a busy one with increas-ing activity and prices spik-ing. 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Pre-arranging your final wishes takes the burden off your family, providing you peace of mind. Speak to us today for more information. Pre-Payment Plans Available A cheesy good stuffed pepper recipe hasearned a Pickering school a $5k prize.Elizabeth B. Phin Public School in Pick- ering was recently named a winner in theTre Stelle Cheese4Change contest, whichinvited students across Canada to share sustainable recipes.Grade 6 teacher Gary Braid got some as-sistance from student Vanessa Taggart,whose stuffed pepper recipe was used for his class's submission. The class sourcedmany of the ingredients, including onions,tomatoes, peppers, garlic and cilantro,from the school's garden."The students all made the recipe to-gether and then tasted it; some preferred itwith mozzarella and others with feta, which is why we made it with both," Braidsaid of their submission, noting that thegrant money will go toward purchasing a3D printer. "When the students found out they won,they were thrilled," he continued. "There was a lot of cheering and high-fiving andthen immediate discussions on if theycould purchase the 3D printer they had allbeen researching as a part of another sus-tainable project."The Cheese4Change program hasawarded hundreds of grants to schools across Canada, and Elizabeth B. Phin prin-cipal Frank Samuels said he plans to en-courage more teachers to participate inthe program next year. For more information, visit www.tres-telle.ca. PICKERING SCHOOL GETS SOME CHEESY GOOD NEWS MOYA DILLON mdillon@durhamregion.com EDUCATION Pickering student Vanessa Target helped her school win the Tre Stelle Cheese4Change contest with her stuffed pepper recipe. Here, she poses with newspapers featuring her winning recipe. Tre Stelle photo dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m Pic k e r i n g N e w s A d v e r t i s e r | P | T h u r s d a y , J a n u a r y 1 2 , 2 0 2 3 | 14 In addition, full paying customers will receive a valuable coupon sheet with great savings offered exclusively to our customers by local advertisers. Your collection periods are: Every customer who pays their carrier the full optional delivery charge has a chance to WIN $1000.00 every three weeks! 2023 COLLECTION SCHEDULE JAN 12 FEB 2 FEB 23 MAR 16 APR 6 APR 27 MAY 18 JUN 8 JUN 29 THURSDAY START SUNDAY JAN 15 FEB 5 FEB 26 MAR 19 APR 9 APR 30 MAY 21 JUN 11 JUL 2 END JUL 20 AUG 10 AUG 31 SEPT 21 OCT 12 NOV 2 NOV 23 DEC 14 JAN 4/24 THURSDAY START SUNDAY JUL 23 AUG 13 SEPT 3 SEPT 24 OCT 15 NOV 5 NOV 26 DEC 17 JAN 7/24 END Most of the big issuescoming up in Pickering in 2023 are a result of changesmade by the previous coun-cil and the provincial gov-ernment this year. Here are five issues towatch out for: IMPACT OF BILLS 23 AND109 In 2022, the provincialgovernment swiftly intro-duced and passed Bill 23, the More Homes Built Fas-ter Act and Bill 109, theMore Homes for EveryoneAct, to address the Ontario housing shortage. The new laws also give more powerto developers. Residents are expected to see an in-crease on their propertytax bill of six to eight per cent as the reduction in de-velopment charges is ex-pected to cost the City ofPickering $4 million annu- ally. There will also be con-tinued pressures on thecity and council as result-ing issues come beforethem. For example, the citywill now have to implementdevelopment plans on lands formerly referred toas Greenbelt, as the prov-ince plans to open up par-cels of the previously pro- tected land, including inPickering. CITY CENTRE VISION The creation of a new Pickering City Centre, in-cluding a central library,senior and youth centre,and a performing arts cen- tre, have been in the workssince 2018 but has been puton hold. The previouscouncil approved the hir-ing of a consultant to re-view three options regard-ing how to proceed. The re- port will return to councilin January. The optionsare a scaled-down projecton the Pickering Town Centre property, construc-tion on the city property onEsplanade South, and re- construction of the centrallibrary. A NEW COUNCIL SETTINGBUDGET PRIORITIES Budget season is alwaysa busy one for city staff.With three new memberson council this term and along list of promises fromthose returning and thosewho are new, it will be in- teresting to see if the 2023budget addresses commit- ments made by candidatesto the public in the 2022 mu-nicipal election campaign, without negatively impact-ing the taxpayers ENVISION DURHAM Durham RegionalCouncil adopted a plan in May to urbanize morethan 9,000 acres of farm-land in Durham as part of its municipal comprehen-sive review to addressgrowth targets handed down by the provincialgovernment: 1.3 millionpeople and 460,000 jobs by 2051. Staff must still mapout where this develop-ment will take place. Still,it could include the Car- ruthers Creek headwatersin Pickering, which is con- sidered 'whitebait land' — a grey zone betweenGreenbelt and urban land.Ward 1 regional councillor Maurice Brenner has saidhe'd like to reintroducethis issue to see if the newcouncil will go with the op- tion that Durham Regionstaff had recommended,but the previous council rejected, which involveddeveloping less farmland. IMPACT OF OFFICIAL PLANAMENDMENT (OPA) 38 Both the City of Picker-ing and the Region of Dur-ham signed off on OPA 38 in2022, which will shape the development of KingstonRoad. Residents will startto see plans coming for- ward for higher buildingsand more density. With re-cent changes by the provin-cial government regarding land use appeals, councilwill have to decide how toaddress the concerns of residents while knowingany decision they makecould be appealed beforethe Ontario Land Tribu- nal. TOP 5 ISSUES FOR PICKERING IN 2023 KRISTEN CALIS KCalis@durhamregion.com NEWS PLANS FOR PICKERING CITY CENTRE TOCOME BEFORE COUNCIL IN JANUARY The City of Pickering took a running start at creating a Pickering City Centre, but financial woes and COVID-19 stalled plans. The new council will take a second stab at it. This photo is from 2019, before plans were derailed. Metroland file photo 15 | Ne w s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , J a n u a r y 1 2 , 2 0 2 3 dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m merous creeks, trails and roads.SvN Architects andPlanners (SvN) has been retained by the DurhamRegion Planning Divisionto develop a visioningstudy for the 27-kilometre Durham Meadoway locat-ed primarily in the Gati-neau Hydro Corridor. SvN will work with Durham Re-gion staff and area munici-palities, conservation au-thorities, agencies and community stakeholdersto provide a vision andframework to guide futureplanning and implementa-tion of active transporta-tion infrastructure, ecolog-ical enhancements and community amenitieswithin the corridor.Sam Dufaux, principalat SvN, explained that the hydro corridor has a singleuse currently; it allowspower lines to run through each city. The visioning ex-ercise aims to look at mul-tiple uses for the largeswath of land. "We can allow for recre-ational use for it, also bicy-cling and things like that and part of it is a regener-ative goal to promote biodi-versity," he said. "We're notgoing to build housing on it or anything; it's purely akind of a recreational spacein the future. It still needs to function as a hydro lineand still needs to be ser-viced by the utilities sothat's going to remain." There is an example of asimilar project nearby, theScarborough Meadoway inthe City of Toronto. Dufaux explained thatthe visioning study will lookat opportunities to connect new recreational uses to thecommunity, including con-nections to Heber Down andthe Greenwood Conserva- tion Area as well as to Dur-ham Region Transit, withthe potential for bus stops on roads adjacent to the newmeadoway.Ron Lalonde, executive director of the Durham Re-gion Cycling Coalition, said his organization ishoping the region willmove forward with usingthe meadoway as an active transportation corridor."We became aware of theToronto meadoway con-cept back in 2017, 2018 and seeing what was happen-ing in the City of Torontowe said why can't some- thing like this be happen-ing in Durham Region?"Lalonde, a Whitby resi-dent, said his organization asked the region to moveforward with the project in2019. He said there are manybenefits to having a new ac-tive transportation corri- dor, including promotinghealthy lifestyles and be- ing active as well as com-munity engagement."It's the connectivity ofcommunities and the abili- ty to put in amenities and(nearby) transit stops andthe potential is immense,"he said. It also promotes safetyfor cyclists."It's a much safer corri- dor because it's not on theroad and it's not in compe-tition with vehicles."Alia Tulloch is a trans- portation and planning an-alyst for the Region of Dur-ham and the project man- ager for the Durham Mead-oway project.She said the idea of hav- ing a trail running throughthe hydro corridor since2005 has been included inseveral regional plans, in-cluding the transportationmaster plan and the re- gional cycling plan."I would say it's been inthe last couple of years,since the 2017 Durham Transportation MasterPlan that it's come to theforefront a little bit more as a strategic project for theregion," said Tulloch. "Weinitially started workingon it in 2020 and in that time the region completedbackground research andwe also did some basic analysis."The next step was tobring on SvN. Durham residents canadd their feedback eitheronline at yourvoice.dur-ham.ca/durham-mead-oway or by attending a pub-lic information session. There is a session onJan. 17 at Durham RegionalHeadquarters, 605 Ross-land Rd. E., Whitby, from 6 to 8 p.m. A second sessionin west Durham is on Jan.19 at the Chestnut Hill De- velopments RecreationCentre, O'Brien Rooms Aand B at 1867 Valley FarmRd. in Pickering. That ses- sion also runs from 6 to 8p.m.SvN will present the vi- sioning study to the regionlater this year with a pre-ferred option presented to the public first in the sec-ond quarter of 2023. Oncethere is a plan, the regionwill look at funding optionswithin the region alongwith help from area munic- ipalities.Tulloch acknowledgedthe support from the cy-cling community. "They've been very sup-portive; this project has alot of community champi- ons for sure," she said. STORY BEHIND THESTORY: Durham is looking at adding activetransportation and recre-ation options to an existing hydro corridor and localcycling advocates are bigfans of the project. NEWS Continued from page 1 'THIS PROJECT HAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS' The Region of Durham is considering active transportation and recreation options for a 27-kilometre hydro corridor that stretches from Pickering to Oshawa. SvN Architects and Planners photo dur h a m r e g i o n . c o m New s A d v e r t i s e r | Th u r s d a y , J a n u a r y 1 2 , 2 0 2 3 | 16 Care Giver Mature, Retired, Professional seeking live-in caregiver position available for work. Call 905-240-0271 HERON, GEORGE JOSEPH "I rejoiced when I heard them say, let us go to the house of the Lord." Ps 122:1 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ George Heron, 98, of Ajax, ON, passed away January 1, 2023. 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