Class Environmental Assessment Study and Preliminary Design for Burgoyne Bridge (Structure # 081220)
| Niagara Region has initiated a Class Environmental Assessment and Preliminary Design Study for the Burgoyne Bridge, which presently carries Regional Road 81 (St. Paul Street West) over Twelve Mile Creek and Highway 406, in the City of St. Catharines. This study has been initiated based on recommendations from an evaluation, detailed inspection and rehabilitation/replacement analysis completed in August 2010. The report recommended that the Region immediately begin the process for implementing the preferred solution, beginning with a Class Environmental Assessment. |  |
Subsequent to the completed analysis, the objectives of the Class Environmental Assessment and Preliminary Design Study will be to:
- Confirm and document the need to rehabilitate, replace and/or realign Burgoyne Bridge
- Meet the requirement of the Municipal Class Environment Assessment, including the establishment of need, evaluation of alternatives, consultation with the public, and the recommendation of a preferred solution
- Prepare a preliminary design of the bridge based on the preferred solution
- Complete the design to allow for construction in 2014
In accordance with Ontario's Environmental Assessment Act, Niagara Region has planned this project under Schedule "C" of the Municipal Engineer's Association's Municipal Class Environmental Assessment, October 2000, as amended in 2007.
As part of the study, three Public Information Centres will be held to provide technical agencies, interested members of the public and the business community an opportunity to review the study scope and discuss study issues including alternative solutions, impacts and evaluation criteria.
The first Public Information Centre is scheduled for:
- Date: March 1, 2011
- Time: 6 to 8 p.m. (Formal presentation at 6:30 p.m.)
- Location: Niagara Folk Arts Multicultural Centre
85 Church Street, St. Catharines, Ontario
The Public Information Centre is being held to present and obtain comments on:
- The planning process being followed
- Study background and relevant issues
- Key constraints/criteria to be considered in developing a solution
Following a brief presentation by the project team, meeting attendees will be encouraged to review the information on display and individually discuss any issues/concerns that you may have with members of the project team. Interested members of the public, local business community, technical agencies, and interest groups are encouraged to attend.
Following the Public Information Centre, the project team will consider the comments received in developing alternative and recommended solutions for the bridge. A second Public Information Centre will be held in the near future to present and obtain comments on a recommended solution. Details regarding this Public Information Centre will be advertised via a similar notice as the study progresses.
If you require any accommodations for a disability in order to attend and participate in the February 17, 2011 meeting, please contact the Accessibility Advisory Co-ordinator at 905-685-4225 ext. 3252 by February 11, 2011 to make the appropriate arrangements.
In the meantime, you are encouraged to forward any comments or concerns you may have, in writing, to one of the following project team members:
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Mr. Jason Marr, P. Eng. |
Mr. Manoj Dilwaria, B. Eng. |