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Jan 16th, 2011
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Letter to the Topic January 6 2011Re: Councillors take issue with interchange reportOn Jan. 4, I attended the environmental assessment presentation by McCormick Rankin Corporation with regard to the 5th Line/Hwy. 400 interchange.I am concerned the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury might take the lead...
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Jan 16th, 2011
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By Jay Gutteridge Bradford Topic Jan 06, 2011 Some Bradford West Gwillimbury council members expressed concern over a proposed interchange at Hwy. 400 and 5th Line at a meeting Jan. 4.Council met to hear a presentation on the class environmental assessment study completed to determine the best option...
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Jan 15th, 2011
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By Miriam King Bradford Times January 13 2011Bradford West Gwillimbury Council received an update from consultant Graeme Burt, of PlanningAlliance, regarding the Downtown Revitalization Strategy now in the works....
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Jan 15th, 2011
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By Miriam King editorial Bradford Times January 13 2011Bradford West Gwillimbury has been going through growing pains – in particular, the pain of road construction.Even though painful, the construction has been needed.Do we support the widening of Dissette and the 8th Line? Absolutely – ...
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Jan 15th, 2011
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By Miriam King Bradford Times January 13 2011There was good news for the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, on January 11. Both the new Public Library/Cultural Centre and Leisure Centre are on budget – and likely, on time.Andrew Gordon, of MHPM Project Managers, described the 42,000 sq. ft. Lib...
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Jan 7th, 2011
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By Miriam King Bradford Times January 6 2011It was the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury that authorized an Environmental Assessment for a new interchange at the 5th Line and Hwy. 400 - identified as a "need" in numerous studies over the past 8 years, and a key piece of the puzzle in developing the I...
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Dec 30th, 2010
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Bradford Times December 23 2010 Unhappiness with the 8th Line-Dissette St. Road Widening project in Bradford has reached the highest levels. John Burnside, president of R.J. Burnside & Associates, consulting engineers for the project, came to Open Forum earlier this month, to deliver a personal apolo...
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Dec 22nd, 2010
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By Jay Gutteridge Simcoe.com Dec 10, 2010 Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library will likely hire at least three new staff members in the new year to help operate the new library building.Town council gave preliminary approval to setting aside approximately $120,150 in the town’s 2011 budget ...
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Dec 19th, 2010
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By Miriam King Bradford Times December 16 2010The Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury will be entering a new era, with the opening of a new Library and Culture Centre and a multi-use Leisure Centre next year.The additional facilities will require a new organizational structure for the Department of Lei...
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Dec 16th, 2010
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By Jay Gutteridge Simcoe.com Dec 09, 2010The Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury leisure services department is busy working on the second step: developing activities that take full advantage of the new facilities.The new leisure centre is scheduled to open early in 2012.The leisure services department...