On hold: ministry request of Clearview Township results in sideroad hearing adjournment

From Simcoe.com, November 2, 2021
By Ian Adams

A hearing into Clearview Township’s appeal to be able to redevelop a sideroad on the brow of the Niagara Escarpment to year-round use is now on hold indefinitely.

The municipality’s lawyers have asked for — and received — the adjournment of its appeal of a Niagara Escarpment Commission decision to deny an application to reconstruct the 26/27 Sideroad.

A date for the hearing to take place has not been determined. It was to begin later in November.

At the beginning of October, the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks asked the municipality to provide a justification for the environmental assessment process that was used to determine the appropriateness of the project — suggesting the project should be subject to a higher level of scrutiny.

The redevelopment of the road is part of an agreement with Walker Aggregates to upgrade the local road system and provide an east-west route between the 10th Line and Grey Road 31. The agreement includes the closing and transfer of a section of County Road 91, west of Duntroon to the aggregate company.

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