SGL Planning & Design Inc…

SGL Planning & Design Inc. represents Agerton New Urban Ltd. which comprises a group of landowners who own approximately 240 ha of land in the Agerton Secondary Plan located along Trafalgar Road between Highway 401 and Derry Road. The Town of Milton has undertaken a considerable amount of work in preparation of a Draft Secondary Plan for the Agerton area. Central to the Agerton Secondary Plan Area is a proposed new GO Station at Trafalgar Road on the Milton line. The Secondary Plan envisions a transit-oriented, high density, mixed-use development south of the future GO Station on both sides of Trafalgar Road. Town Council endorsed the Secondary Plan in March 2019 but cannot adopt it due to the need for the conversion of employment lands to mixed use through the Region’s Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR) process. Metrolinx has announced their intention to proceed with a new Go Station on Trafalgar Road. Metrolinx’s announcement is premised on a high-density, mixed-use node surrounding the GO station. However, this can only happen on the south side of the rail corridor along Trafalgar Road due to the hydro corridor to the north of the railway. ROPA 48 converted only the lands on the west side of Trafalgar Road and not the lands on both sides of Trafalgar Road. In our opinion, optimal land use planning would provide for a functional, transit-oriented node around the GO station and on both sides of Trafalgar Road as opposed to a one-sided node with high-density, mixed-use development on one side of the GO Station and logistics operations on the other side. We urge the Minister to modify Map 1h of ROPA 48 to further remove the Employment Area overlay from the east side of Trafalgar Road south to Derry Road in a 50 ha area in order to facilitate the development of a transit supportive, mixed-use community along the east side of Trafalgar Road as well as the west side. We have attached a fulsome letter explaining our request.