Environmental Assessments
Highway 5 Grindstone Creek Utility Relocation
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Winston Wang, Project Manager
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In December 2016, the City completed the Highway 5 Grindstone Creek Bridge Utility Relocation Class Environmental Assessment (EA) and Conceptual Design. The purpose of this study was to identify and evaluate alternative solutions to permit the replacement and potential relocation of existing water, wastewater, hydro and telecommunications utilities to facilitate yet to be designed future bridge rehabilitation activities.
Preferred Alternative Solution: Relocate existing utilities to a separate utility bridge in advance of the existing bridge rehabilitation.
During the detailed design stage, it was determined that property acquisition was necessary to construct the parallel utility bridge which was not foreseen during the Class EA stage. However, through consultation, it was determined that it would not be possible to acquire the needed land.
In this situation, a new alternative was considered and a conceptual design for a single all-encompassing bridge was completed. This is considered a Schedule A+ project in the Municipal Class EA process, and can proceed directly to implementation without the need for further Class EA procedures. In the Public Works Committee meeting on May 30, 2022, Council approved the recommendation to seek direction to proceed with a single all-encompassing style of bridge. Based on this rationale, it is concluded that the Municipal Class EA process for this project has been abandoned.
Location: Highway 5 bridge spanning Grindstone Creek and the Canadian Pacific Railway in Waterdown
Study Status: Abandoned
Classification: Schedule B
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