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Action Plan Represents Real and Pressing Needs of Waterloo-Wellington,
Says MPP Ted Arnott
Following
up on his intention to continue to advocate for the
Waterloo-Wellington Transportation Action Plan, MPP
Ted Arnott made the following statement in the Ontario
Legislature on November 27, 2003:
Mr
Ted Arnott (Waterloo-Wellington): The issue I'm raising
today is one that I've raised in the House before, put
before the voters during the election campaign and committed
to support in this, the 38th Parliament. That issue
is our Waterloo-Wellington transportation action plan.
Almost
a year ago, I asked the 11 municipal councils in Waterloo-Wellington
to provide me with their top transportation priorities
for the next five years and beyond. All 11 municipalities
provided ideas, and these formed the Waterloo-Wellington
transportation action plan.
The
plan includes the corridor study of Highways 7 and 8
between Kitchener and Stratford; a new four-laned Highway
7 between Kitchener and Guelph; assistance for the county
of Wellington to rebuild Highway 24 from Guelph to Cambridge;
a repaired and upgraded Highway 6 from Fergus to Mount
Forest; and Waterloo region's light-rail transit initiative,
among other important transportation projects.
Municipal
representatives from my riding and I met with the Minister
of Transportation, the member for Oak Ridges, in April,
and I've spoken about our projects twice in this House.
I raised our projects with the new Premier on October
3, the very day after the election. I asked him to bring
our projects to the attention of the new Minister of
Transportation and I have followed up with the minister
since.
These
projects represent the real and pressing infrastructure
needs of Waterloo-Wellington and our surrounding area.
They are needed for road safety, continued prosperity
and economic development, and they are key to avoiding
the problems of gridlock that now plague Toronto and
its suburban areas. That is why I asked the Minister
of Transportation to review these projects and why I'm
informing the House that I intend to continue to advocate
for the Waterloo-Wellington transportation action plan.
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