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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2015-09-16, Page 1112 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Horticultural Society Provides Accessible Garden Boxes Mary McLeod was a very active member of the Seaforth & District Horticultural Society for many dec- ades. When she passed awaylastwin- ter, donations were made to the Society in her memory. Recent dis- cussions of the value of `Gardening as Therapy' inspired the members to use that money as part of a project to install accessible garden boxes at Sea - forth Manor and Maplewood Manor. The boxes were assembled by Nick Barclay in his garage, and delivered to the Manors on a sunny May morning. Nick, Brenda Barclay and Elly Schoonderwoerd filled the boxes with soil as staff and residents looked on in anticipation of future feasts! We left the planting and maintenance of the boxes up to the residents, and it didn't take long for them to get plants in and sprouting up. Tomatoes were a popu- lar choice in both locations, and now the residents are harvesting and enjoying the fruits of their labours! One of the Society's objectives is to promote the growth of plants of all kinds in our community. Recent pro- jects include the pergola and garden at Seaforth Library, and new maple trees at Fli7abeth Parkin Egmondville. Next on our agenda will be selling unique flower bulbs from our booth during Ciderfest atthe Van Egmond House on September 27th. More details on our website atwww.seaforthdhs.org. MUNICIPALITY OF HURON EAST MUNICIPAL CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR EXTENSION OF DUKE STREET & CENTENNIAL DRIVE NOTICE OF STUDY COMPLETIO THE PROJECT: The Municipality of Huron East is planning to extend Duke Street and Centennial Drive in the northeast portion of the community of Seaforth in order to service adjacent lands designated for urban development. The proposed road extensions will link Duke Street and Centennial Drive north of the Seaforth Community Hospital creating a new intersection. Municipal servicing which will include sanitary sewers, watermains and stormwater drainage, will also be extended in conjunction with the planned road extensions. The new roads will be constructed to an urban municipal standard, including asphalt surfacing and curbs and gutters. At this time, the Municipality is proposing to construct the Centennial Drive Road extension in 2016, so that the proposed servicing extensions can be coordinated with a planned development proposal located on adjacent lands. Municipal sanitary servicing, watermains and stormwater drainage infrastructure will be extended through the development lands within a servicing corridor, and then extend into the newly constructed Duke Street and Centennial Drive road allowances (as shown on the attached figure). Construction of Duke Street is tentatively scheduled for the spring of 2017. A communal stormwater management facility, which will service lands designated for urban development located adjacent to the planned road extensions, will be constructed in the northwest corner of the Silver Creek development site. THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCREENING PROCESS: The planning for this project is following the environmental screening process set out for Schedule `B' activities under the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) document. The Class EA process involves consultation with the public and review agencies to ensure that the project can be carried out in an environmentally - sound manner. The environmental assessment process has now been completed. There were no negative impacts identified with the project that could not be mitigated. PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT: For further information on this project, please contact the project engineers: B.M. Ross and Associates Ltd., 62 North Street, Goderich, Ontario, N7A 2T4. Telephone: (519) 524-2641. Fax: (519) 524-4403. Attention: Kelly Vader, Environmental Planner (e-mail: kvader@bmross.net). A Screening Report documenting the environmental assessment process conducted for this project will be available for public review at the Huron East Municipal Office (72 Main St. S., Seaforth, ON) as of September 16t, 2015, during normal hours of operation and will also be available on the municipal website at www .huroneast.com. If environmental concerns arise regarding the project which cannot be resolved in discussion with the Municipality of Huron East, a person or party may request that the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change make an order for the project to comply with Part II of the Environmental Assessment Act which addresses individual environmental assessments. Requests must be received by the Minister at the address below within 30 calendar days of this Notice. A copy of the request must also be sent to the project engineers at the address above. If there is no request received by October 16`h, 2015, the project will proceed as planned. Brad Knight, CAO Municipality of Huron East Minister of the Environment and Climate Change 77 Wellesley St. W., llth Floor, Ferguson Block Toronto, ON M7A 2T5 This Notice issued September 16`h, 2015 E /0 0 0 0 ua c P. 3 t 0 A� W One of the garden boxes available at the Seaforth Manor. Maplewood Manor was also provided with garden boxes. Contributed photo Elly Schoonderwoerd and Brenda Barclay mix soil with compost with staff and residents at Seaforth Manor.