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Clinton News Record, 2014-06-18, Page 22 News Record • Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Thompson earns re-election in Huron -Bruce Dave Flaherty, Troy Patterson and Patrick Bales QMI Agency Huron -Bruce Progressive Conservative incumbent Lisa Thompson will once again rep- resent the local riding at Queen's Park after victory Thursday's provincial election. According to preliminary results, Thompson captured 39.06 of the votes, ahead of Lib- eral candidate Colleen Schenk at 30.86 and NDP candidate Jan HURON t• N T Y COUNTY OF HURON MUNICIPAL CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TO REALIGN COUNTY ROAD 13 (BAYFIELD ROAD) AT KING STREET (COMMUNITY OF CLINTON) THE PROJECT: The County of Huron, in conjunction with the Municipality of Central Huron, is planning to redesign the intersection of Huron County Road 13/King Street/ Matilda Street and Railway Street, immediately east of the existing rail crossing in the southwest portion of Clinton, as shown on the attached key plan. These modifications are proposed to create a smoother transition from County Road 13 to Railway Street, which is planned to be reconstructed to a county road standard. Railway Street, which is currently a municipal road, is proposed to become part of the County road network, while King Street, which is currently owned by the County, is proposed to become a municipal road. The following additional works are proposed in conjunction with this project: ■ Construction of a new municipal road connecting County Road 13 (Bayfield Road) to James Street and Matilda Street, south of the rail line. • Closure of the King Street rail crossing south of the intersection. THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCREENING PROCESS: The planning for this project is following the environmental assessment 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, 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). An Environmental Screening Report, documenting the Class EA process, will be available for public review at the Central Huron Municipal Office (23 Albert St., Clinton, ON) and the Huron County Highways Department (1 Courthouse Square Goderich, ON N7A 1M2) during normal hours of operation. The report will also be posted on the Municipal and County websites at (www.centralhuron.com) and (www.huroncounty.ca). If environmental concerns arise regarding this project, which cannot be resolved in discussion with the County of Huron, a person or party may request that the Minister of the Environment make an order that 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 County and Project Engineer at the addresses noted. If no such request is received by July 11, 2014, the project will proceed to implementation as planned. Minister of the Environment 77 Wellesley St. W., 11th Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2T5 Dave Laurie, Director of Public Works County of Huron This Notice issued June 11, 2014 Johnstone was third with 22.86%. Thompson's support- ers gathered at the Wing - ham Golf and Curling Club to celebrate her victory. The former general manager of the Ontario Dairy Goat Cooperative reflected on the cam- paign and those support- ers as she opened an early lead. "As the results come in ...I feel so good because of volunteers that worked so hard," the Teeswater native said. "It is such a good feel- ing to know that your vision and your commit- ment to a riding is embraced by so many people, from one corner of the riding to another." Thompson was confi- dent that victory was in her sights. "We're going to win this because of people's desire to get Ontario back on track," said Thompson, who lives on a farm with her husband and three stepchildren. Thompson was one of the Ontario PC party's more ardent critics of the Green Energy Act. As she hoped for re-election, she said making energy more affordable for her constituents was her number one priority, as it was the concern she heard most often as she was knocking on doors and during her tele- phone town hall. I am never going to stop the fight against the needless scheme of green energy that failed for the Liberal govern- ment," Thompson said. "We have to do so much better in terms of bring- ing energy into an afford- able realm." Schenk was a solid second in the riding with 14,610 votes compared to Thompson's 18,492. Schenk called her campaign "a great learn- ing experience" and noted that she had spent a significant amount of time talking one-on-one with voters. She acknowledged green energy was a hot issue in Huron -Bruce but said she felt many voters focused on the Liberal party's past. Schenk said that while she made a great con- nection with voters, many people told her they were not happy with this election being called. Schenk said she thinks Huron -Bruce is missing a voice for rural issues at Queen's Park. Johnstone was third 10,824 votes. "I'm very, very proud of our NDP team in Huron -Bruce," she said. "We worked very, very hard. We knocked on many doors and made many phone calls. It was a very exciting race and we had a lot of momen- tum in the southwest region for the NDP." Johnstone congratu- lated her competitors and Lisa Thompson in particular. "I'm very proud to be a New Democrat who rep- resents working people and rural people in Huron -Bruce," she said. Johnstone was fol- lowed by Green Party candidate Adam Wer- stine (1,642 or 3.47%), the Family Coalition's Andrew Zettel (1,328 or 2.80%), Libertarian Max Maister (323 or 0.68% and the Equal Parenting Party's Dennis Valenta (127 or 0.27%). Schenk calls election a "learning experience )1 Dave Flaherty Goderich Signal Star Huron -Bruce Liberal candidate Colleen Schenk speaks with supporters at the Blyth Memorial Hall on Thurs., June 12. Schenk finished second in the race with 30% of the vote.