Notice of Study Completion: Port Granby Project End Use Transportation Network MCEA

The Municipality of Clarington has completed a Schedule ‘B’ Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) to investigate how the local transportation network can best serve the community as the Port Granby Project enters end-use operations. The EA was completed in accordance with the Municipal Engineers Association’s Municipal Class EA document dated October 2000, as amended in 2007, 2011 and 2015.

The preferred solution is to keep the transportation network in the area as it is now with some minor improvements, including improvements to sight lines at the Concession Road 1—Elliott Road intersection and a formalized turnaround north of the railway tracks on Nichols Road. A Project File Report documenting the planning and decision-making process for the study is available on the public record for a 30-day public comment period from May 18 to June 18, 2023, on the project website www.clarington.net/PortGranbyRoadNetwork.

Comments and Contacts
Interested persons may provide written comments to the project contacts within the 30-day comment period. Please send all comments and concerns directly to the Municipal Project Manager and Consultant Project Manager listed below by June 18, 2023.

Kevin Heathcote, P. Eng.
Capital Works Supervisor, Municipality of Clarington
40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, ON L1C 3A6
905-623-3379 ext. 2302 | kheathcote@clarington.net

Will McCrae, P. Eng.
Vice-President, CIMA+
415 Baseline Road West, 2^nd Floor, Bowmanville, ON L1C 5M2
905-697-4464 ext. 6901 | will.mccrae@cima.ca

Section 16 Order
In addition, a request may be made to the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks for an order requiring a higher level of study (i.e., requiring an individual/comprehensive EA approval before being able to proceed) or that conditions be imposed (e.g., require further studies), only on the grounds that the requested order may prevent, mitigate or remedy adverse impacts on constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty rights. Requests on other grounds will not be considered. Requests should include the requester’s contact information and full name for the Ministry. The request should be sent by June 18, 2023, in writing or by email to both the following contacts, as well as the project team contacts noted above.

Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
777 Bay Street, 5^th Floor, Toronto, ON M7A 2J3
minister.mecp@ontario.ca

Director, Environmental Assessment Branch
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
135 St. Clair Avenue. W., 1^st Floor, Toronto, ON M4V 1P5
EABDirector@ontario.ca

If no order request is received, the project will proceed to the design and construction phase as outlined in the planning documentation. Please visit the Ministry’s website for more information on requests for orders under section 16 of the Environmental Assessment Act.

Accessibility
If you have accessibility needs and require alternate formats of this document or other accommodations, please contact the Accessibility Coordinator at 905-623-3379 ext. 2131.

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Environmental Assessment Act, any personal information such as name, address, telephone number and property location included in a submission may become part of the public record for this matter and will be released, if requested, to any person, unless otherwise stated in the submission.