City of Pickering Official Plan- Edition 6

CITY POLICY
Scarborough Initiatives
4.16 City Council shall request the assistance of
the City of Scarborough as follows,
(a) in continuing to oppose a road connection
between Lawrence Avenue in Scarborough
and Bayly Street in Pickering;
(b) in continuing to oppose a road connection
between Finch Avenue in Scarborough
and Finch Avenue-Rossland Road in
Pickering; and
(c) in maintaining Twyn Rivers Drive and
Finch Avenue as local roads in
Scarborough through the Rouge Park, and
encouraging that any required road or
bridge improvements along these roads be
done within the existing rights-of-way and
on the existing alignments.
CITY POLICY
Environmental Assessments to
Determine Alignments of
Proposed Roads
4.17 City Council recognizes that the alignments
of proposed new roads, the upgrading of
roads to match identified classifications, and
the locations of other proposed transportation
features (such as freeway interchanges,
underpasses or overpasses, Go Rail service
and Go Transit Stations) shown on Schedule
II to this Plan may require approvals under
other legislation including the Environmental
Assessment Act; to this end, Council shall,
(a) undertake or request the others having
jurisdiction to undertake the required
Environmental Assessment in an
appropriate and timely manner; and
(b) if necessary, revise Schedule II to reflect
approved alignments, classifications and
facility locations following completion of
the required Environmental Assessment.
CITY POLICY
Provincial Highways
In Pickering, the
provincial Ministry of
Transportation has
jurisdiction over
Highways 401 and 7 and
the proposed
Highway 407/Transitway.
4.18 City Council recognizes that the Ministry of
Transportation has jurisdiction over the
provincial highways through the City, and as
such, acknowledges that the Ministry has the
responsibility for standards, design criteria
(including intersection/interchange spacing
and locations) and widening requirements
respecting those highways.
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