Reid Sideroad Quarry…

Reid Sideroad Quarry Transportation Impact Study Response

Campbellville is a small hamlet with restaurants, boutiques and antique shops located on Main Street (Guelph Line). Twiss and Reid Sideroad combined are considered as a route to bypass the village. It is more than probable that traffic coming east along Campbellville Road and north on Twiss (south of Campbellville Road) will continue east on Campbellville Road / Campbell Ave. into the village to avoid the heavy truck traffic on Reid Sideroad from the proposed quarry, creating traffic congestion in the village.

Reference study Page 13 Para 2.1 & Page 15, Para. 2.2.3 “Little or no pedestrian or cycling traffic / infrastructure noted”… I run most every day and this route (Twiss / Reid Sideroad) 3 or 4 days a week, I observe neighbours from Stokes Trail and Mae Court running / walking on Reid Sideroad. Both Stokes Trail and Mae Court feed directly onto Reid Sideroad just west of the 401 east access and exit ramps. Both these street estates will be impacted by the quarry trucks backing up along Reid Sideroad trying to turn left onto the access ramp.

No mention has been made that Village Gate Park is on the south west corner of Reid Sideroad and the Campbellville New Ball park is on the south side of Reid Sideroad and is just west of the 401 east access and exit ramp and is directly accessed from Reid Sideroad.

So, we have 2 housing estates, 2 parks and an EMS / Police / Fire station that will be impacted by this increase in truck traffic.

Reference page 22 Haul Route:
“Heavy Vehicles are restricted at all times on Reid Sideroad west of the 401 ramp. This regulation comes with a necessary exemption that stipulates the prohibition does not apply to any vehicle engaged in making a delivery or a collection from a premise that cannot be reached except by way of a road or portion of a road where heavy trucks are prohibited. These vehicles may only travel on that road to the extent that is unavoidable in getting to/from that premises”.

“Trucks making collections /deliveries to / from Reid Sideroad reservoir Quarry would fall under this exemption” ………. This statement doesn’t make sense. The intent of this regulation is to prevent heavy vehicular travel along this route without penalizing existing businesses in the area. To agree with the applicant’s statement could open up the flood gates for more business to move in and flagrantly violate the intent of this regulation.

Already, some vehicles coming south on Guelph Line in the mornings make illegal left turns to the north bound 401 east ramp as a short cut instead of taking the correct Reid Sideroad ramp creating a traffic hazard. I expect this phenomenon to be exacerbated by the existence of a steady flow of trucks from a quarry.

The applicant’s own studies acknowledge that traffic capacities for the 401 on / off ramps at Guelph Line currently operate with high levels of delay. To allow this application will only make things worse and will adversely affect the culture, health and safety of the hamlet of Campbellville.

The applicant has not mentioned that FiveHaystacks, a farm located on a beautiful 60-acre property that combines rolling hills, woods and protected wetlands on the north west corner of Twiss and Reid Sideroad, directly across from the proposed quarry. The farm integrates outdoor art, natural areas, a bee yard, events, and more. Deer, coyotes, raccoons, rabbits, all manner of birds, bats, frogs and more call FiveHaystacks home.
In one corner of the farm there is a meditation garden, at the other end a bee yard, and down the hill and in between there are hay fields, flower beds, and natural habitat for snapping turtles, frogs, birds, bats and a host of other wildlife. There are lots of places to sit and think, watch the pollinators dip into the flowers and the snapping turtles race for the pond.

http://www.fivehaystacks.ca/

Even with the best dust suppressing equipment and water road spraying measures, we can expect Reid Sideroad to be a constant mess, as was apparent from the recently closed Campbellville south pit, as their equipment couldn’t keep up with the mud and dust. Airborne dust and pollutants will be devastating for this farm and pollute far beyond into the community at large.

The applicants study also concludes that improvements should be made by the Region, Town and MTO to the existing form of traffic control. To be clear, the Town of Milton, Halton Region and Conservation Halton are all opposed to this project.