Hamilton council splits 9-4 on Safari Road Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Kirkwall to Valens)

A resident of Ward 13 wrote about Item 7.1 on the May 13 Council agenda concerning Safari Road. The writer asked Council to vote for a full impact assessment of the Safari Road issue.

Phragmites management within the City was addressed through project-specific work, including environmental assessments and detailed design processes that applied best management practices, rather than through a single coordinated municipal program. Council members voted to have a proper impact assessment done on Safari Road.

The motion, as recorded in the minutes:

Safari Road Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Kirkwall to Valens) (Ward 13) (a) That the General Manager, Public Works, BE AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED to file the Safari Road (Kirkwall Road to Valens Road) Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Project File Report with the Municipal Clerk for a minimum thirty (30) day public review period; and (b) That staff BE DIRECTED to report back to Public Works Committee, prior to initiating a capital project submission to a future capital budget, with a full assessment of alternative 2, including: (i) impacts; (ii) costs and benefits; and (iii) consideration of the existing infrastructure spending deficit for our transportation network and the City of Hamilton’s Biodiversity Action Plan.

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