Appendix C Public Comment Tracking
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Schedule ‘C’ Environmental Assessment for 16th Avenue between Yonge Street and Woodbine Avenue Appendix C Public Comment Tracking Accessible formats are available upon request. 16th Avenue EA - Public Consultation Comment Tracker ID Comment Date Comment Format Comment / Request Response / Action 1 12/11/2015 Email Good afternoon Colin In the first quarter of 2016 York Region will commence Environmental Assessment (EA) Studies for Is there any update or study's you can share as it pertains to the planned work on 16th Ave. road improvements on 16th Avenue from Yonge Street to Woodbine Avenue in the Town of Has the environmental assessment been completed? Richmond Hill and City of Markham; and 16th Avenue from Woodbine Avenue to York/Durham Line Thank you in the City of Markham. Sixteenth Avenue is a major east-west corridor in York Region. York Region's 2009 Transportation Master Plan identified the need for capacity improvements along 16th Avenue. Improvements will serve to increase east-west capacity within York Region's arterial network, accommodate growth and improve overall network connectivity. We will add you to our mailing list so that you receive study notifications and updates. This includes the Notice of Study Commencement, which we will issue in the first quarter of 2016, as well as notices of consultation activities. I am the Project Manager of the EA studies so feel free to contact me anytime to discuss project issues and provide your input. Alternatively, you can contact Cathy Downard-Parmer, who is the communications specialists for the study. She can be reached at [email protected]. Thank you. Colin 2 5/27/2016 Email Hi Colin, Thank you for your interest in the study. By way of this email, I will request our consultants at HDR to I would like to be informed of the commencement of the EA for the above noted works add you to our mailing list. (16th Ave Bayview to Yonge St EA) . Cheers, Thanks, Colin 3 6/7/2016 Email Dear Mr. Wong: Thank you for your voicemail and email. My name is [...] . My wife [...] and me are long Markham residents and I am a member of the The Region will commence an environmental assessment study for 16th Avenue very soon. Please URA. My concern is that 5 or 6 years ago the Region had a plan to widen 16th Ave. allow me a couple of days to gather information and I will give you additional information about the My self and several members of the URA canvased door to door and received hundreds of study. signatures in protest of this move and presented ourselves to council along with hundreds of I will forward this email onto the study team and we will add you to our mailing list. other protesters. Cheers, Council then referred the matter to Region. We also attended to the meeting with Region Colin and we thought the plan had been shelved to our great relief. I received the attached newsletter from the URA last week and was surprised to find that this plan may be back on the table if not approved. Can you please shed some light on this for me as our property backs on to 16th and we need to know the details. 4 Thank you for your email and I apologize for the delay in getting back to you with further details. York Region is beginning two transportation Environmental Assessment (EA) studies of 16th Avenue. Study A is between Yonge Street and Woodbine Avenue in the Town of Richmond Hill and City of Markham and Study B is between Woodbine Avenue and York/Durham Line in the City of Markham. The two EA studies are looking at possible improvements to 16th Avenue to accommodate the current and future transportation needs of residents, pedestrians, cyclist, public transit users and motorists along this corridor. As identified in York Region’s Transportation Master Plan, traffic congestion is a growing issue for York Region residents and 16th Avenue is a key road in York Region’s transportation network. The 16th Avenue EA studies will look at infrastructure improvements to accommodate all road users, while protecting communities, the natural environment and supporting local businesses. The 16th Avenue EA study team is familiar with the issues raised during the previous EA study and these issues will be looked at during these studies. York Region is looking for residents and stakeholders to provide their suggestions throughout the study. Multiple public consultation activities are planned, providing opportunities for all stakeholder to participate. Your contact information was added to our mailing list. More information regarding the 16th Avenue study will be posted on york.ca/ea. If you have additional questions or comments, please contact me. Sincerely, Colin hdrinc.com Page 1/49 16th Avenue EA - Public Consultation Comment Tracker ID Comment Date Comment Format Comment / Request Response / Action 5 7/12/2016 Phone Conversation Phone conversation with […] regarding the study, inquiring about construction timelines. Phone conversation. […] reviewed the general timeline for EA studies and how long it can take from with […] study completion to construction, which reassured the resident. Confirmed that resident has been added to the contact list or the study and will receive an update about future open houses. 6 7/2/2016 Email Can you please add a longer left turn lane the the lights at Woodbine and 16th Avenue for Thank you for your feedback, your comments have been incorporated in the Study for consideration. drivers exiting the highway and travelling east along 16 Avenue to make a left hand turn Information regarding open houses and other community events will be published on york.ca/ea and onto Woodbine Avenue (to go north). There is a left hand turn lane but it is short AND the on York Region's Facebook and Twitter social media channels. Your contact details have been added left hand turn arrow is too short causing a backup of traffic on 16 towards the woodbine and to the mailing list. 16th avenue lights in the evening traffic hours. Should you have additional questions, please let me know. Thank you 7 7/5/2016 Email Thank you for giving residents an opportunity to voice their opinions on improvements on Thank you for your feedback regarding 16th Avenue. Your comments have been incorporated into 16th Avenue. the study finding. More information regarding open houses and other community events will be To start with, 16th Avenue is a total mess with only 2 lanes in each direction. The traffic posted on York.ca/ea and on York Region’s Facebook and Twitter channels. lights are not timed with a lot of traffic lights on insignificant streets meeting 16th Avenue being triggered by just one car sometimes making it impossible to time 16th Avenue as a complete roadway. This has to be sorted out to make the road more efficient. If you go to Mississauga, their leaders way back were visionaries building 3 lanes in either direction major roads and as the city grew, the transportation infrastructure was already there. People are enjoying the benefits now. We lack true visionaries in the York region. As York region grows, it seems to get worse. I suggest you people take the reins now for the future. Highway 404 has proved to be an impediment with movement of traffic east-west as there are not too many cross roads between the 2 segments. 16th Avenue is one of the roadways transporting cars between the 2 segments and that's one of the reasons driving on 16th Avenue has heavy traffic and is very slow. 8 7/7/2016 Phone conversation Interested in the area from Bayview to Elm, and general interest in the project. Would like to Phone conversation documented in an email from M. Mascarenhas: with M. be added to the 16th Avenue EA study mailing list to be kept informed of the study progress Mascarenhas and receive the notices for the open houses. It was nice speaking with you. As requested my contact information is below. I understand you would like to be added to the 16th Avenue EA study mailing list to be kept informed of the study progress and receive the notices for the open houses. We will add you to the list. Please let me know if you have any other questions. 9 7/11/2016 Email Thank you for your notice of assessment in widening 16th Ave. Thank you for your feedback and continued interest in the 16th Avenue Environmental Assessment As a resident, who’s home backs directly on 16th Ave., I have a request for pertinent (EA) studies. Based on your letter dated January 17, 2017, we understand you are concerned about existing measurement or measurements to be undertaken in the following areas. [seismic, increased traffic along 16th Avenue as a result of the proposed improvements, and any associated noise, traffic congestion, air pollution]. vibration impacts. As discussed during our January 20, 2017 meeting (the notes from this meeting are Further, I wish to know if the above studies have been conducted or will be conducted? Have attached for your reference), the proposed improvements between Yonge Street and Markham any feasibilities been conducted and if so, may I please receive a copy(s)? Road/Highway 48 consist of widening 16th Avenue to 6 lanes (3 lanes per direction), to I would also request if any study information, restricting truck size, (Tons / Axle) to be accommodate Transit and High Occupancy Vehicles (HOV) in the curb lanes, in addition to providing enforced on 16th Ave, as is the case east of 9Th line, has been completed? (As I discussed continuous cycling and pedestrian facilities and improved landscaping as feasible.