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Date:
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary ................................................................................................................iii
1. Introduction..............................................................................1
Background on Red Hill Creek Expressway Environmental Assessment Work...................1
Purpose of the Land Use Assessment Report ..................................................................................2
Land Use Assessment Study Area ........................................................................................................2
Information Sources .................................................................................................................................3
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Tables ...........................................................................................................................................................
Table 1: Existing and Future Land Use - Primary Study Area................................................ 10
Table 2: Existing and Future Land Use - Secondary Study Area ........................................... 19
Table 3:Potential Land Use Impacts of the Red Hill Creek Expressway
and Proposed Mitigation ....................................................................................................... 27
APPENDIX A
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Executive Summary
The purpose of this report is to fulfill the requirements of the Red Hill Creek Expressway
North-South Declaration Order.
The Land Use Assessment for the Red Hill Valley Project reviews existing and future land
uses within the Red Hill Creek Watershed and specifically along the Red Hill Valley
Expressway corridor. It summarizes potential impacts of the Red Hill Valley Project on
these land uses and mitigation measures to minimize the potential effects. The Red Valley
Project includes the revised Red Hill Creek Expressway design as well as stormwater
management facilities, a combined sewer overflow pipe and realignment of the Red Hill
Creek using natural channel design.
The land use assessment considers land use development (including existing residential
development), recreation and infrastructure. Many of the potential effects of the Red Hill
Valley Project and associated mitigation are documented in more detail in other Red Hill
Valley Project assessment reports.
The following highlights the key findings in the Land Use Assessment:
The Red Hill Creek Expressway has the potential to result in noise and air quality
impacts as well as visual and aesthetic impacts on existing residents in the area. The Air
Quality Assessment, Noise Assessment, Escarpment Crossing Visual Assessment and
the Draft Landscape and Recreation Master Plan address these issues in more detail.
New development in proximity to the Valley will be required to include noise barriers in
development plans.
Some students may have to cross the Expressway to attend schools. However, the City
will ensure that all key cross streets for students have appropriate sidewalks.
The closure of sections of Mount Albion Road will result in a decrease in the high levels
of traffic currently using this road.
A minimal amount of property may still be required. The City will discuss any property
needs with individual property owners and will provide fair compensation.
Although the Expressway will result in the removal of some of the rehabilitated
floodplain associated with the Rennie Street and Brampton Street Erosion Control and
Leachate Management project, the net result of the Red Hill Valley Project will be a
healthier aquatic ecosystem.
The Project will result in the need to relocate a number of recreation features including
the Red Hill Valley Trail and pedestrian bridges, sections of the Bruce Trail, some
features in the Kings Forest Golf Course and baseball fields in Rosedale Park. Access to
the valley and the trail will be significantly limited during the 2003 to 2007 construction
period. The City will ensure the community is kept informed of trail closures and will
continue to liaise with the Rosedale Community and Golf Course staff and membership.
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Further details on potential impacts to recreational features are found in the Draft
Landscape and Recreation Master Plan and the Golf Course Impact Assessment Study.
Traffic volume on Greenhill Ave. will likely increase as a result of the Greenhill Ave.
Interchange. This traffic will result in noise and air quality effects as well as other
disruption effects such as increased waiting times for access in and out of driveways.
The increase in traffic also poses a potential safety concern for children crossing the road
to get to school. To mitigate this potential impact, the City, in consultation with local
schools and school boards, will develop a streetscaping plan for the extension of
Greenhill Ave. that will include separated sidewalks and appropriate road crossings for
school children. The new interchange design at Greenhill Ave. will also result in slower
traffic speed on the road when compared to the original 1985 design.
The Red Hill Valley Expressway will result in reduced access to the valley for cyclists and
pedestrians coming from the east. Access to the valley will be provided at the Greenhill
Ave. Interchange and through a viaduct at the Escarpment.
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1. Introduction
In May 2002, Dillon was retained by the City of Hamilton to complete a Land Use
Assessment to fulfill the requirements of the Red Hill Creek (RHC) Expressway NorthSouth Section Declaration Order (at the time of the request by the Region, this was called an
Exemption Order 1.)
This document is based on the consultant terms of reference found in Appendix E of the
May 1996 Exemption Order request documentation prepared by the Region of HamiltonWentworth (the Region), Special Projects Office. As per these Terms of Reference, the
focus of the Land Use Assessment is on a review of existing conditions and the
identification of potential impacts of the revised expressway design.
The Land Use Assessment summarizes the potential for impacts on residential, commercial
and industrial land uses as well as recreation and infrastructure. In many cases, the Land Use
Assessment serves as an overview with more detail on potential impacts and proposed
mitigation included in other assessment reports. In particular, this report should be read in
conjunction with the following other reports:
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For the purpose of this report, the Red Hill Valley Project includes the Red Hill Creek
Expressway, an 8 km, four-lane controlled access freeway with a truck-climbing lane
between Greenhill Avenue, Mud Street Interchanges, as well as stormwater management
facilities, a combined sewer overflow pipe and realignment of the Red Hill Creek crossing
using natural channel design.
The Environmental Assessment Act changed in 1996 and the term exemption order was changed to declaration
order.
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In the north-south valley section, construction on two interchanges (King Street and
Queenston Road) was partially completed and the complete TH&B railway crossing was
constructed. In 1990/1991 Provincial funding was withdrawn and, in late 1990,
construction switched to the east-west section of the Expressway. In 1991, the Region
initiated design and construction on the east-west portion of the Expressway. This work
was completed from Highway 403 to Dartnall Road in 1998.
In the early 1990s the Region reviewed alternative alignments for the north-south section
and identified modifications to the approved alignment that reduced the potential for
environmental impacts. When Provincial funding was reinstated in 1995 the Region applied
to the Ministry of the Environment for an exemption from the EA Act for design
modifications to the north-south alignment to reduce overall environmental impacts. As
part of the exemption order submission, the Region proposed a process to assess the
impacts of the modified alignment including a program for public consultation. The process
was approved by the Minister of Environment and Energy in March 1997 as a Declaration
Order.
Document existing 2 and future land use conditions within the RHC Watershed and
specifically along the Expressway corridor;
Identify potential impacts the Red Hill Valley Project will have on existing and future
land use and identify mitigation where necessary; and
Provide input into the overall impact assessment of the alignment modifications.
For the purpose of this assessment existing land use includes built development as well as approved and draft approved
development. Land use has also been defined to include recreation, open space and infrastructure.
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Information Sources
Information on existing and proposed land uses was obtained from the following secondary
sources:
In addition, meetings and phone discussions were held with staff at the City of Hamilton,
the district and separate school boards, and the Hamilton Conservation Authority. A full list
of all contacts made with City staff and others is provided in Appendix A. Affidavits from
the federal court case held in 1999 were also referred to for background on the role of the
Red Hill Creek Expressway in Official Plan documents.
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City of Hamilton OPA 228 added 9000 acres of land for development on the top of the
mountain south of Mohawk Road in 1967. At this time, the Hamilton Area
Transportation Plan also identified the need for the Red Hill Creek Freeway.
City of Stoney Creek OPA 70 added 2070 acres of land for development in Stoney Creek
in 1973. This OPA was based on improvements to the road system which included the
RHC Expressway. The expressway was to become the west boundary of the west
mountain area of the former City of Stoney Creek. The west mountain planning district
was to be staged based on the development of the expressway.
In 1973, the City of Hamilton decided to take specific actions with respect to the freeway
including acquisition of property and seeking approval for the project and funding.
Between 1973 and 1977, the City of Hamilton prepared development standards to
control the effect of freeway noise at residential properties adjacent to the proposed
expressway.
In 1979, the Region required local municipalities to amend their Official Plans to protect
lands required for future expressway interchanges.
In 1980 Regional Council adopted a new Official Plan which clearly indicated the RHC
Expressway in the regional development pattern.
The 1996 City of Stoney Creek Municipal Housing Statement identified that in order to
meet the City of Stoney Creeks municipal housing policy, full development on the west
mountain was required. This development could only proceed to full build out with the
completion of the RHC expressway.
The 1996 Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Transportation Review incorporates the
North-South section of the RHC Expressway as part of the overall transportation
network. This new facility, previously approved, will provide truck and vehicular access
to new business and commercial developments, provide the essential additional capacity
across the eastern escarpment screenline, facilitate the diversion of vehicular traffic away
from the Central Area and adjacent roads, and provide connections to Highway 403 and
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the QEW. It is an important link in the major Regional Roadway system and relieves
potentially congested conditions along the eastern escarpment crossings. 3
The Hamilton-Wentworth Official Plan (December 2000) and the City of Hamilton
Official Plan (July 1999) both show the Red Hill Creek Expressway in their
transportation schedules. These Official Plans are still being used by the City of
Hamilton until a new Official Plan is prepared.
Vision 2020
Vision 2020 The Sustainable Region was adopted by Regional Council in 1992 as a basis
for regional decision-making in the former Hamilton-Wentworth. The vision statement is an
image of a better community. The vision is based on the following principles taken from the
Vision 2020 Overview:
fulfillment of human needs for peace, clean air and water, food, shelter, education, and
useful and satisfying employment;
maintenance of ecological integrity through careful stewardship, rehabilitation, reduction
in wastes and protection of diverse and important natural species and systems;
provision for self-determination through public involvement in the definition and
development of local solutions to environmental and development problems; and,
achievement of equity with the fairest possible sharing of limited resources among
contemporaries and between our generation and that of our descendants.
Vision 2020 - A Vision of a More Sustainable Future also discusses the future vision for
transportation which includes the vision that major roads have minimal noise and pollution
impacts on adjacent lands, and follow routes that cause little damage to the natural and
human environment.
Future development in the city (and study areas) is to be conducted in a manner that is
consistent with the goals of Vision 2020.
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Rationalize policies
Reconcile the approach to financing services
Enhance management of information systems
Enhance community capacity and effectiveness
Shift from direct delivery to a community development approach
Increase community capacity through alternative service delivery
Public opportunities take precedence over opportunities for organized groups
Celebrate our natural and historic assets
Focus on active living for 6-18 year olds
Focus on cultural tourism and eco-tourism
Reinvest in existing parks and recreation infrastructure over building new infrastructure
Fewer but larger facilities
Expanding community services in culture and recreation facilities
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Lower Section - Along the RHC Expressway corridor from the mouth of Red Hill Creek to
Barton Street East
Middle Section - Along the RHC Expressway corridor from Barton Street to King Street
East
Upper Section - Along the RHC Expressway corridor from King Street East to the Lincoln
Alexander Parkway/Mud Street
The focus of the assessment was on lands in the vicinity of the north-south uncompleted
portion of the RHC Expressway (primary study area). However, both existing and future
land use in the larger RHC watershed was also examined as per the requirements of the EA
Declaration Order. Figure 2 provides a detailed presentation of land uses (existing and
future) for lands in the primary study area adjacent to the RHC Valley and Expressway.
Figure 3 illustrates existing and future land uses within the RHC watershed. Both
Figures 2 and 3 were based on the existing land use conditions documented in the State of
the Watershed Report (1997) and supplemented with more up-to-date information from City
Staff. For much of the watershed, the existing land use information from the 1997 report
has not significantly changed.
Existing and future urban land use, as well as recreation features and infrastructure for both
the primary and secondary study areas is described in the following sections of this report.
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shown in Figure 2. Table 1 provides the status of approved, but not yet built, and future
(i.e. not yet approved) residential and commercial/industrial development in the primary
study area 4.
Lower Section
Urban Land Use
The lower reaches of the RHC Valley contain largely industrial and commercial land uses as
well as major transportation facilities such as the QEW. There is a small residential
development (Parkview East) located west of the valley and north of Barton St. East. No
urban development projects were identified in this section through discussions with City
staff.
In the year 2001, the City of Hamilton initiated the Environmental Remediation and Site
Enhancement (ERASE) Community Improvement Project. This project is a comprehensive
set of programs designed to encourage and promote brownfield redevelopment in the older
industrial area of the City. A portion of the ERASE Community Improvement Project Area
is within the Red Hill Creek Watershed. Under the 10 year ERASE program the City
provides grants, as well as other services, to property owners who undertake brownfield
redevelopment.
As of Spring 2002, there was one application for ERASE funding within the primary study
area, west of Red Hill Valley. This application involves the redevelopment of 3 acres of
property South of Barton Street East, west of Woodward Ave. from industrial to
industrial/commercial. According to the Brownfield Development Coordinator at the City
of Hamilton Economic Development Department, it is expected that the majority of the
redevelopment will be from industrial lands to industrial/commercial lands and that there
will be no residential applications within the lower section of the Red Hill Creek Watershed.
Infrastructure
Existing infrastructure in this lower section of the primary study area includes: the sanitary
sewer along the valley terminating at the Woodward Avenue Treatment Plant; a hydro line
along Brampton Street; a hydro line north of the QEW in the vicinity of the proposed
interchange; and the main water intake for the City that crosses the QEW.
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Figure 2
Reference
Development
Name
Nature of Development
Status
Comments/Related
Issues
Approved Development
1
Jacksons
Landing
Draft Approved
Site plan application has
been submitted for long term
care facility.
2
3
Nash Orchard
Lands
Albion Mills
Estates
Townhouses under
construction
Draft Plan approved.
Draft Approved
Ready for
construction.
Silvestri
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Figure 2
Reference
Development
Name
Nature of Development
Type: primarily single family residential
Heritage
Green
Downtown
Core
Status
Designated in the
neighbourhood plan but no
development applications
No development applications
submitted
Timing is tied to timing of Red
Hill Creek Expressway
Secondary Plan required
because of Specific Policy
Area C
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Issues
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The following changes to existing infrastructure and utilities will be made as a result of the
Expressway:
There are a number of other City lead infrastructure related proposals in the lower section of
the primary study area as follows:
Woodward Avenue Sewage Treatment Plant Upgrades The Woodward Avenue Sewage
Treatment Plant treats combined flows and discharges into Red Hill Creek. There have
been numerous upgrades to the Treatment Plant over the last few years to improve the
efficiency of the treatment system and the quality of the effluent. Currently, there is an
expansion underway to the primary treatment system at the plant that would ensure a
minimum of primary treatment in the event of a bypass due to high storm flows.
The City has also initiated a Wastewater Investment, Needs and Strategies Program
(WINS). This is a major Master Plan initiative that will review the sewage collection and
wet weather treatment strategies in the City to identify the most appropriate
infrastructure improvements to meet Hamilton Harbour Remedial Action Plan
guidelines. It is anticipated that the Master Plan exercise, and related consultation, will
occur over the next 1-2 years. Implementation of the projects recommended by the
Master Plan is likely to occur over a minimum of 10 years depending on the availability
of financing.
Rennie/Brampton Street Landfill Remediation The closed Rennie and Brampton Street
landfills are located on the west side of the valley just south of Barton Street. Dumping
at the Rennie Street Landfill appears to have started in the 1950s and the site contains
approximately 400,000 cubic metres of waste. The Brampton Street Landfill was
operated by the City in the 1950s and 60s for the disposal of municipal and industrial
solid waste. It was closed in 1974 and contains approximately 1,000,000 cubic metres of
waste. The eastern slopes of these landfills form the west bank of Red Hill Creek.
In response to concerns related to erosion of the valley sides (which contain landfilled
waste), failure of the landfill side slopes and resultant creek contamination, an
environmental assessment for erosion control and leachate management was undertaken
by the City. As a result of this work, which included significant consultation with the
local community, plans were developed to install leachate interceptor pipes to collect and
dispose of the leachate that seeps through the banks, and to prevent erosion by redefining the floodplain of the creek and relocating the creek in the area of the landfills.
This work is currently in the implementation phase and was completed for the Rennie
Street Landfill in October 2002 and is expected to be completed for the Brampton Street
Landfill in mid-2003. The Expressway construction will overlap with some of the works
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already done at the Rennie Street landfill and will require excavation of waste and off-site
disposal at another landfill.
Red Hill Creek Sewer Trunk Line Capacity Review The Red Hill Trunk Sewer currently
extends up the valley from the Woodard Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant to
approximately Mud Street. This trunk sewer services almost all of the developed lands in
the watershed. Through discussions with the Citys Infrastructure and Environmental
Planning Group, it was identified that there may be a need to expand the capacity of the
trunk sewer to service future new development. The need for additional capacity is
currently being reviewed. If additional capacity is required, an environmental assessment
will have to be completed. The environmental assessment will evaluate different ways to
provide additional capacities, including different locations.
Recreation/Open Space
Globe Park, VanWagners Beach and Confederation Park Conservation Area are the key
existing parks in this section. There is also a small locally significant city park, called Leaside
Park, southeast of the Burlington Street/QEW interchange. The former City of Hamilton
Official Plan identifies the area at the mouth of Red Hill Creek as the Red Hill Creek Marsh,
Van Wagners Marsh Environmentally Significant Area. These are also provincially
significant wetlands. This area, along with the rest of the valley, is designated as Open
Space in the former City of Hamilton Official Plan.
In 1997, the Hamilton Conservation Authority completed a Master Plan for Confederation
Park Conservation Area. The Master Plan looked at all aspects of park development and
improvement including recreation, economics and ecosystem. The Plan, which focused on
the development of goals and objectives rather than specific projects, was carried out with
the knowledge of the proposed Red Hill Creek Expressway construction. Within the park is
the Breezeway which is part of the Waterfront Trail. In addition, there is a side trail that
travels along Van Wagners Marsh. The approximate location of both trails are shown on
Figure 2.
The Cycling Plan for the former Region of Hamilton-Wentworth, approved in 1999 shows a
future on-street bike path, to be implemented by 2008, along Woodward Avenue from
Melvin Avenue north to the waterfront. There is also an existing multi-use trail within the
valley which crosses the Creek at approximately Brampton Street. Access to this trail is
currently limited due to the works associated with the Erosion Control and Leachate
Management Project for the Rennie Street and Brampton Street Landfills. It should be
noted that the City is currently in the process of revisiting their major cycling projects to
confirm their feasibility, appropriateness within the cycling network, and timing.
In the year 2000, City Council approved the designation of Windemere Basin as
predominately Open Space and Open Water in the Official Plan and recognized the
Basin as an important brownfield restoration initiative. A design workshop of landscape
architects, urban planners, architects, ecologists, local community leaders, business
representatives and elected officials was convened to generate ideas for the restoration of the
basin. Implementation of the design and construction phase of this project is tied to
SuperBuild funding.
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From north of the CNR tracks south to the Niagara Escarpment, the Red Hill Creek will be
realigned. The rationale for realigning the creek is documented in the fluvial geomorphology
report. For the most part, the realigned creek will be west of the Expressway with the
exception of a small section between the CNR tracks and Barton Street. The creek will be
reconstruction using natural channel design. The work will be scheduled to avoid sensitive
fish spawning seasons and to coincide with the construction of the Expressway to minimize
impacts in the valley.
Middle Section
Urban Land Use
From Barton Street to King Street, lands adjacent to the RHC Valley are largely residential
with open space lands within the valley. There are four schools on the west side of the
valley within the primary study area and six schools to the east. Capture areas for three of
these schools (Glen Echo Elementary School, Hillsdale Elementary School and Hillcrest
Middle School) cross the Red Hill Creek Expressway corridor. Barton Street East, Melvin
Avenue and Queenston Road are the likely streets students currently use to cross over the
Red Hill Valley.
For the most part, these lands are built-up with little or no potential for significant new land
development opportunities. City planning staff (Development Planning Section East)
were not aware of any pending development applications for this area.
Infrastructure
Existing infrastructure in this location includes the previously mentioned sanitary trunk
sewer along the Valley. No change to the alignment of the sewer in this section is
anticipated. As with the lower section, stormwater management ponds for the Expressway
will be constructed as required in this section.
A CSO overflow pipe is proposed from just south of the CNR tracks to just south of King
Street (see Figure 2). This pipe will collect combined sewer overflows from four combined
sewers outletting to the Red Hill Creek. The pipe will connect with the existing sanitary
sewer just immediately south of the CN rail line. An EA for this project was completed and
the design for this pipe has been fully integrated into the design for the RHC Expressway.
Construction will be initiated to coincide with Expressway construction. The construction
of this pipe will reduce the number of times CSO pollution reaches the Red Hill Creek from
20-27 to approximately 2 times per year 5.
Roadway changes in this section as a result of the RHC Expressway include:
Red Hill Creek Expressway North-South Section, Impact Assessment & Design Process Draft Summary Report,
Volume 2, July 1998, pg. 4 of Executive Summary.
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Recreation/Open Space
Throughout this section the former City of Hamilton Official Plan identifies the valley as the
Red Hill Valley Environmentally Significant Area. The Red Hill Valley Trail is an existing
multi-purpose trail that runs along the valley throughout this section (see Figure 2). For the
most part it runs along the west side of the creek. The trail was reconstructed about four
years ago with the knowledge that some sections would require relocation once the RHC
Expressway was constructed. In addition, trail relocation will be required in areas of creek
realignment. The trail relocation is being undertaken as part of the RHC Expressway
project.
In terms of future recreation features, the 1999 Cycling Plan identifies an on-street bicycle
path on King Street East to complete the continuous Dundas-Lower Hamilton-Stoney
Creek Route. No design or construction schedule for this on-street bike path has been
developed, but its development will likely be timed to coincide with other works on King
Street East. The partial construction of the King Street East/RHC Expressway interchange
was designed to accommodate a wider shared lane for the bike path. The landscape plan for
the RHC Expressway will also identify a streetscaping plan for King Street East within the
interchange.
As with the lower section, the Red Hill Creek will be realigned between Barton and King
Streets.
Upper Section
Urban Land Use
The upper section of the Valley extends from King Street to the Mud Street Interchange.
Lands at the top of the valley in this section are residential with the eastern side being much
closer to the proposed Expressway than the west side. As with previous sections, these
residential lands are largely built-out with limited potential for new residential development.
There are three schools close to the valley edge on the east side. One of these schools,
Bishop Ryan Catholic High School has a large student capture zone that includes areas on
the west side of the valley. Students may use any number of streets to cross the valley
including King Street, Queenston Road and Barton Street.
Within this area, City Planning Staff identified seven small development parcels as shown on
Figure 2 and listed in Table 1. Four of these parcels are adjacent to the Expressway.
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Heritage Green Downtown Core - This area, at the Mud Street interchange, is planned
to include a mix of commercial, industrial and high density residential. No development
applications for this area have been submitted (C on Figure 3).
The timing of both Red Hill Vista and the Heritage Green downtown core is tied to
construction of the RHC Expressway.
Infrastructure
Existing infrastructure in this section includes the previously mentioned sanitary sewer
which runs up the valley and a hydro line and a TransNorthern Pipeline which run up the
valley between approximately Greenhill Ave. and the Lincoln Alexander Parkway. As a
result of the completion of the RHC Expressway, one section of the Trans Northern
pipeline (where the Expressway crosses the pipeline) will have to be diverted. The pipeline
will be lowered at two locations and one Hydro tower will have to be relocated. A section of
the Trans Northern pipeline will also have to be lowered to cross under the Red Hill Creek.
This work will take place before the realigned creek is established.
On the west side of the valley, immediately north of Greenhill Avenue is an existing
combined sewer overflow (CSO) tank (see Figure 2). The addition of a second CSO tank at
Greenhill Avenue has been approved through the Class EA process and is scheduled for
construction in 2002/2003. The new tank, to be located immediately south of the existing
tank, will have approximately the same capacity as the existing tank but will have a larger
footprint due to its design.
In 1997, the Montgomery Creek Class EA was completed. The Class EA recommended a
stormwater management facility and stabilization of the Creek within the Glendale Golf and
Country Club. Construction of these works was complete in May 2002.
As with the other sections, stormwater management ponds for the Expressway will be
constructed as required in this section. A stormwater overflow area just north of Greenhill
Ave. on the west side of the valley will also be constructed.
Roadway changes in the upper section of the primary study area as a result of the RHC
Expressway include:
Closure of Mount Albion Road just south of the Glendale Golf and County Club access.
Closure of Mud Street on the west side of the valley.
Closure of Mud Street on the east side of the valley (except for pedestrian/cyclist access
to valley trails).
Recreation/Open Space
As shown on Figure 2 lands adjacent to the Valley in this section are largely open space
including a number of parks (Rosedale Park, Kings Forest Park, Glencastle Park), the Kings
Forest Golf Course and the Glendale Golf and Country Club. The former City of Hamilton
Official Plan identifies the valley in this area as Red Hill Creek Environmentally Significant
Area. The Red Hill Valley Trail, a multi-purpose trail, extends along the valley and connects
in with a number of trails, including the Bruce Trail, on top of the escarpment. The
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Escarpment Rail Trail/Chippawa Rail Trail goes along the west side of the valley and
continues south of the Lincoln Alexander Parkway.
There are four existing baseball diamonds in Rosedale Park on the west side of the valley,
north of Greenhill Avenue (see Figure 2). These diamonds will need to be removed to
accommodate the realignment of Red Hill Creek and the Red Hill Valley Trail as well as the
stormwater management overflow area mention above. There were three soccer fields in the
valley to the east of the creek in Glencastle Park (south of Greenhill Avenue). These have
been relocated to nearby schools to accommodate stormwater management facilities for the
Expressway. In addition to potential recreation effects from the RHC Expressway project,
three ball diamonds on the west side of the valley, south of Greenhill Ave. and 4-6
underused tennis courts will be affected by the construction of the Greenhill CSO tanks.
Some of these recreation features will be replaced as part of the CSO project.
Red Hill Creek will be realigned in this section to a point just north of the existing Bruce
Trail where it will return to its current alignment.
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This area of the watershed provides the greatest opportunity for new development as there
exists tracts of vacant land located within the urban boundary that have been designated for
development in the Official Plan. Figure 3 provides information on the location, character
and status of the approved and future development in this section of the watershed.
Table 2 corresponds to the figure and provides the status of approved (but not yet built)
and future (i.e. not yet approved) residential and commercial/industrial development. Most
of the lands in this area are part of the Heritage Green Secondary Plan Neighbourhood.
Within the Heritage Green Secondary Plan there are six neighbourhoods and for each
neighbourhood the City has prepared a neighbourhood plan documenting the type of
development that is to occur in these areas. No development applications have been
submitted for the largest neighbourhoods (Nash, Felker and Trinity Neighbourhoods, A, B
and C on Figure 3). It is noted that much of the land in the Heritage Green area is owned
by the Ontario Realty Corporation. The timing of further development in the Heritage
Green Secondary Plan area is dependent on the construction of the RHC Expressway. As
an example, there is currently a cap of 21,500 residents within the Heritage Green Secondary
Plan for which the current population is about 18,000 residents. This cap will remain in
place until the Expressway is constructed. The ultimate population for this area is estimated
to be in approximately 31,000.
The Nash Neighbourhood includes the Taro Quarry. The portion of the quarry lands west
of 1st Road West is designated for recreation/open space development. Development of
this area is pending the completion of a closure plan for the quarry lands. The most recent
proposal for this area was a golf course, but plans fell through. The quarry lands between 1st
Road, west of Highway 20, are being used for the landfilling of industrial, commercial and
institutional wastes. This landfill, approved in the mid to late 1990s, is licensed for 10
million tonnes of waste.
The area identified as Regional Official Plan Amendment (ROPA) #9 (Area E on Figure 3),
requires the expansion of the urban area to the south of Rymal Road East. Approximately
half of this land parcel sits within the headwaters of the RHC watershed. The Secondary
Plan for this area was recently approved by the OMB and a draft development plan has been
submitted. It is anticipated that the earliest timing for construction in the ROPA # 9 lands
is 2004. Development of the lands is contingent on servicing and development beyond 500
units is contingent on transportation capacity provided by construction of the Red Hill
Creek Expressway and the widening of Rymal Road, the extension of Trinity Church Road
and other transportation initiatives. The ultimate population of this area is estimated at
9,600 residents.
Further to the west of the ROPA #9 area is the North Glanbrook Business Park. Although
this area is currently used for agricultural purposes, it has been designated for future
industrial and commercial uses. The areas designation is under review.
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Figure 3
Reference
Development
Name
Nature of Development
Status
Comments/Related
Issues
Approved Development
1
Albion 2
Templemead Vista
The Gardens of
Rymal
25T88037)
Falconstone
Estates/Rose
Gardens
(25T89032,
25T94001,
25T89029)
James Mount
Gardens/ Dicenzo
Gardens
(25T86008,
25T94001,
25T89029
Draft Approved
Construction timing is tied
to timing of Red Hill
Creek Expressway
Draft Approved 2002
Some built. Phase 6
received final approval
2002.
Falconstone Estates
received final approval in
1999, Rose Gardens
Phase 3 draft approved
1990, Timothy Survey
final approval 1998
Dicenzo Gardens
Subdivision agreement
1987. Other phases still
active. 25T91007
received draft approval in
1998.
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Land is owned by
Ontario Realty
Corporation
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Figure 3
Reference
Development
Name
Nature of Development
Status
Miles Estates
Effort
Gardens/Wellington
Meadows
25T88035,
25T88036,
25T97004
Blossom Estates
(25T88028)
Westview Estates
7
8
10
Fontana Gardens
(25T88016,
25T94012)
Parkway Manor
11
Chappel Estates
12
Chappel East
Estates Phase 1
Sandrina Gardens
N/A
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Comments/Related
Issues
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Figure 3
Reference
Development
Name
Nature of Development
Status
Comments/Related
Issues
Future Development
A
Nash
Neighbourhood
Felker
Neighbourhood
Trinity
Neighbourhood
Secondary Plan
completed not approved
No development
applications submitted
Any development is on
hold until future of
quarry is determined
No development
applications submitted
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Figure 3
Reference
D
Development
Name
NA
Nature of Development
Type: primarily serviced commercial
(in the former municipality of Stoney
Creek) and industrial (in the former
municipality of Hamilton)
ROPA #9
Status
No development
applications submitted
Timing is tied to timing of
Red Hill Creek
Expressway
Secondary plan recently
approved by OMB
Draft plan recently
submitted
If draft plan is approved
construction could begin
in 2004
Comments/Related
Issues
Lands are owned by
Ontario Realty
Corporation
Lands cross former City
of Hamilton Stoney
Creek boundary
This development area
represents an
expansion to the urban
boundary. A new trunk
sewer along Rymal
road and 4 stormwater
manage-ment facilities
will be required to
service this
development.
Timing beyond 500
units is dependent on
the RHC Expressway
and other transportation
initiatives.
North Glanbrook
Business Park
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Figure 3
Reference
Development
Name
Nature of Development
Portion of land zoned for future
retirement village. Remainder is
future school site and park
Probable site for future subdivision
of single family dwellings.
Country Garden
Estates Phase 1
Status
No applications
No applications
Land is designated as
single and double
residential in approved
neighbourhood plan.
Rezoning would be
required.
No applications
Neighbourhood plan
indicates commercial
No development
applications
Approval denied by
Council in 2001 but has
been appealed to OMB
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Issues
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Infrastructure
Infrastructure projects in this section relate primarily to the Expressway and ROPA #9 and
include:
The construction of a sanitary trunk sewer along Rymal Road East to connect the ROPA
#9 area with the RHC sewer trunk.
The extension of Trinity Church Road (four lanes), which defines the western boundary
of ROPA #9, from Rymal Road East to north of the RHC Expressway terminus. Tied
to this would be the closing of Pritchard Road, located to the west of the proposed
Trinity Church Road extension. This roadway extension has been included in the
Heritage Green Secondary Plan.
The widening of Rymal Road to four lanes from Upper Centennial Parkway to Trinity
Church Road.
Upgrading of upper Mount Albion Road from Paramount Drive to Rymal Road.
The need for these improvements is tied to the development of ROPA #9. Environmental
Assessment approvals are required for all of the above projects.
Recreation/Open Space
In March 2001 the City completed a report titled Evaluation of The Eramosa Karst in
Stoney Creek, Ontario as a Candidate for an ESA and ANSI. This report documents that
lands bounded by Highland Road, Second Road West, Rymal Road and Upper Mount
Albion Road contain numerous diverse Karst features several of which are provincially
significant. The Karst type and the various provincially significant features identified in the
Eramosa Karst are not currently represented anywhere else in Ontario. As such, the report
recommends the designation of the area as an Environmentally Significant Area (ESA) and
an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI). The report recommends boundaries for
the ESA and ANSI based on protecting the core area where the majority of the Karst
features are located, the feeder area where the watersheds drain into the Karst features and
two significant springs in the developed area on the north side of Highland Road. Figure 3
shows the proposed boundaries of the Karst at the time this report was prepared.
The Ministry of Natural Resources is undertaking a process to designate the Eramosa Karst
as an ANSI and hopes to complete the designation in 2002. City staff indicated that the City
will initiate the process of designating the area as an ESA in the Official Plan after the
Ministry of Natural Resources ANSI designation process is complete. The boundaries of
the Karst are likely to be revised as a result of consultation conducted as part of the ESA
designation process. Once this area is designated, the Trinity Neighbourhood Plan as well as
the Secondary Plan for ROPA #9 may have to be revised to accommodate the ESA
designation.
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schools and Mohawk College. Also within the Mountain West section of the watershed is
the Mountain Business Park (see Figure 3 for location). There are some vacant
commercial/industrial parcels of land within this business park. For the most part, lands
with opportunity for future development are located south of the Lincoln Alexander
Parkway. As shown on Figure 3, vacant land parcels in this area are much smaller than in
the Mountain East section. Much of the available land for development has been approved.
Infrastructure
There are two infrastructure projects in this area that have, or will have, a positive impact on
the Red Hill Creek. In 1999, the City completed a leachate collection system and associated
slope stabilization works at the Upper Ottawa Street Landfill that abuts Red Hill Creek at
approximately Dartnall Road. This project involved the construction of a retaining
wall/slope stabilization along approximately 800 850 metres of the creek. A Class EA has
been initiated for stormwater management at Albion Falls. Construction of stormwater
management works, resulting from this Class EA, is scheduled for 2003. No other major
infrastructure initiatives within this section of the watershed were identified that would act
cumulatively with the RHC Expressway.
Recreation/Open Space
The Chippawa Rail Trail is a continuation of the Escarpment Rail Trail (shown on Figure 3)
It goes from approximately Stone Church Rd at Dartnall Road south to the community of
Caledonia.
Just south of the RHC Expressway is the Mount Albion Conservation Area (see Figure 3).
A Master Development Plan has been prepared for this 41 ha parcel of land. As outlined in
this plan, a network of walking trails have been proposed that extend up to the south side of
the Lincoln Alexander Parkway. The timing of the development of these trails hinges on the
availability of funding. The Hamilton Region Conservation Authority is also in the process
of trying to identify a site for an outdoor education centre in the east end of their
jurisdiction. The Red Hill Valley has been identified as the most preferred location. The
Mount Albion Conservation Area is also being considered as an alternate location. The
education centre is to be in place by Fall 2003 however, its timing is dependent on receiving
sufficient funding.
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direct and indirect effects of the Red Hill Valley Project construction and operation on
existing and future land uses in the primary study area the Red Hill Creek Valley;
other developments within the watershed that have the potential to result in watershed
impacts (either on their own or cumulatively with the effects from the Red Hill Valley
Project).
The potential direct and indirect effects of the Red Hill Valley Project construction and
operation on existing and future land uses are summarized in Table 3. Mitigation is
proposed for each of the potential impacts identified. Table 3 also documents the
approximate cost for mitigating the potential land use impacts where estimates can be made
at this time. Updated costs will be provided in the future design report. The following text
summarizes these potential impacts and mitigation and discusses other developments within
the watershed that may on their own or cumulatively with the Expressway impact the Red
Hill Creek watershed.
It should be noted that to understand the full potential impact of the Red Hill Valley Project,
this report should be read in conjunction with the other assessment reports being prepared.
In many cases, these other assessment reports provide more detail on potential impacts and
proposed mitigation.
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TABLE 3 POTENTIAL LAND USE IMPACTS OF COMPLETION OF THE RED HILL VALLEY PROJECT AND PROPOSED MITIGATION
Issue
Existing
Development
Impact (Without
Mitigation)
Future
Development
School
Crossings
Allows
approved
development in the west
mountain of the former City of
Stoney
Creek
to
be
constructed.
Changes
in
traffic
at
interchanges for students
who have to cross to attend
school on the other side of
the Valley.
Net Impact
Communication Needs
No contingency required.
Communication with
adjacent residents and
neighbourhoods will
assist the City in
developing appropriate
landscaping for the
Greenhill Avenue
Interchange and other
areas.
Communication with
developer for Albion Mills
Estates.
New developments will
install noise mitigation as
part of development
process.
No monitoring required.
No contingency required.
No communication
needs.
No monitoring required.
No contingency required.
Changes to street
patterns will be
communicated to school
boards and local schools.
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TABLE 3 POTENTIAL LAND USE IMPACTS OF COMPLETION OF THE RED HILL VALLEY PROJECT AND PROPOSED MITIGATION
Issue
Impact (Without
Mitigation)
Street Closures
Net Impact
Rennie Street
Leachate
Collection
System
Communication Needs
The City will meet with
the schools/school
boards to make them
aware of the closures and
to ensure school
transportation is
addressed.
Notification of road
closures and alternate
routes will be provided to
local residents.
No maintenance required.
No monitoring required.
No contingency required
No maintenance required.
No monitoring required.
No contingency required.
No maintenance required.
No monitoring required.
No contingency required.
Continued
communication with
potentially effected
property owners.
No addition maintenance
required above that already
planned for the new leachate
collection system.
No additional monitoring
required above that already
planned for the new
leachate collection system.
No additional
contingency required
above that already
planned for the new
leachate collection
system.
Communication between
the City and the Rennie
and Brampton Street
Landfill CLC or CLC
equivalent.
Property
Acquisition
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TABLE 3 POTENTIAL LAND USE IMPACTS OF COMPLETION OF THE RED HILL VALLEY PROJECT AND PROPOSED MITIGATION
Issue
Pedestrian
Bridges
New
interchange
access
Impact (Without
Mitigation)
New
pedestrian
bridges
will
be
constructed where necessary for the trail
to cross the creek and in the Kings Forest
Golf Course where the creek is being
realigned to replace existing bridges.
Construction of pedestrian bridges will
conform to appropriate timing windows to
minimize fisheries impacts and to coincide
with creek construction to minimize
duration of construction in the valley.
Final realignment of the creek will be
determined during detail design.
A
natural channel design will be used.
Refer to the Landscape & Recreation
Master Plan for information on new
pedestrian bridges.
Refer to A Stream Network Inventory,
Fluvial Geomorphic Assessment, Impact
Assessment, and Preliminary Natural
Channel Design of Red Hill Creek report
for more detailed information on the creek
realignment.
Net Impact
Communication Needs
No maintenance required.
No monitoring required.
No contingency required.
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TABLE 3 POTENTIAL LAND USE IMPACTS OF COMPLETION OF THE RED HILL VALLEY PROJECT AND PROPOSED MITIGATION
Issue
Recreation
Kings Forest
Golf Course
Impact (Without
Mitigation)
Net Impact
Disruption
impacts
and
potential loss of enjoyment to
users of recreational features
and natural spaces along
expressway
corridors
including Red Hill Valley Trail,
soccer fields at Glen Castle
Drive, parks in the valley and
the
Kings
Forest
and
Glendale Golf Courses.
No maintenance required.
No monitoring required.
No contingency required.
Continued discussion
with users of recreation
facilities and local
residents.
No maintenance required.
No contingency required.
On-street bike
paths
A community relations
plan will be developed as
part of the environmental
management plan and
will be implemented
during construction.
Communication Needs
No additional maintenance
required above the
maintenance the City already
undertakes for streets.
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No monitoring required.
No contingency required.
No communication
needs.
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TABLE 3 POTENTIAL LAND USE IMPACTS OF COMPLETION OF THE RED HILL VALLEY PROJECT AND PROPOSED MITIGATION
Issue
Impact (Without
Mitigation)
Soccer Fields at
Glencastle
No maintenance required.
No monitoring required.
No contingency required.
Baseball
diamonds at
Rosedale
Removal of 4 baseball
diamonds in the Rosedale
Park area as a result of creek
realignment.
No maintenance required.
No monitoring required.
No contingency required.
No maintenance required.
No monitoring required.
No contingency required.
No monitoring required.
No contingency required.
See Terrestrial
Resources Report.
See Terrestrial
Resources Report.
Trail access
during
construction
Net Impact
Open Space
Approximately 70 ha of public
open space (as designated
by the former City of Hamilton
Official Plan) will be directly
impacted.
Of this the
Expressway will permanently
remove 60 ha and the
remaining will be changed for
creek realignment and stormwater management works.
in
Communication Needs
Soccer clubs will be
notified of the change in
location of the soccer
fields.
Continued discussion
between the City and
Rosedale Community
Council to determine the
most appropriate type
and location of
replacement recreation
facilities.
the
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TABLE 3 POTENTIAL LAND USE IMPACTS OF COMPLETION OF THE RED HILL VALLEY PROJECT AND PROPOSED MITIGATION
Issue
Impact (Without
Mitigation)
Net Impact
Environmentally
Significant Area
designation
Pedestrian
Access to valley
Reduced
access
for
pedestrians and cyclists from
the east to the Valley.
Communication Needs
No maintenance required.
No contingency required.
No contingency required.
No communication
needs.
Total Contingency
Cost
Overall Cost
N/A
Approximately
to $20.5M
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ESA monitoring
$17.35M
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The expressway will reduce the number of access points to the valley for pedestrians and
cyclists coming from the east. To minimize this impact a pedestrian/cycling crossing of the
expressway and access to the valley will be provided at Greenhill Avenue. The viaduct will
also facilitate access to the valley. Part of the abandon portion of Mount Albion Road will
be maintained as a trail which will be extended south to Mud Street. This trail will also
connect to the Bruce Trail on the east side of the expressway.
Baseball diamonds on the west side of the valley at Greenhill Avenue will be displaced for
the realignment of the creek (4 diamonds north of Greenhill). Three soccer fields at Glen
Castle Drive have been relocated to local schools. In addition to these impacts from the
RHC Expressway project, three ball diamonds and some underused tennis courts are also
being removed south of Greenhill to accommodate the new CSO tank. A recreation master
plan for this area is currently being developed to reflect the CSO tank and creek realignment
and the needs of the community.
Potential impacts to the Kings Forest Golf Course are anticipated as a result of creek
realignment only and include the need to remove a practice range, changes to the layout of
some golf course holes, replacement of bridges over the creek and the potential for loss of
revenue during construction. The City will continue to work with golf course staff to
minimize the potential effects.
The development of the RHC Expressway will result in a loss of land and habitat features in
the Red Hill Valley ESA. The City will review the boundaries of the ESA in consultation
with the Environmentally Significant Areas Impact Evaluation Group.
The proposed new Greenhill Avenue Interchange will result in an increase in traffic along
Greenhill Avenue. This additional traffic will result in air quality and noise impacts as well as
other disruption effects (such as increased waiting times to access driveways). It also has the
potential to result in safety concerns particularly for children crossing the road to Red Hill
Park, Red Hill or St. Luke Schools. The City will meet with the schools and school boards
to determine appropriate crossing points. A streetscape plan will also be prepared for
Greenhill Avenue leading up to the interchange. It should be noted that the new Greenhill
Avenue interchange will result in a reduced traffic speed when compared to the 1985
interchange design. Also, with an interchange at Lawrence Road, two access points to the
expressway from the neighbourhood are provided potentially reducing the volume of traffic
on Greenhill Avenue.
Noise and air quality impacts from the proposed Expressway have the potential to result in
disruption to existing land use and enjoyment of the valley for existing residential
development along the corridor as well as the recreational features within the valley. Noise
mitigation such as noise barriers will be placed to minimize noise to residents in existing
built up areas where there is available space and where it is feasible to do so. Through
consultation with local residents, other mitigation options will be determined for areas where
noise berms are not feasible. Potential noise and air quality impacts and proposed mitigation
are discussed further in the noise and air quality assessment reports. Developers for Red
Hill Vista (# 4 on Figure 2) have included noise barriers in their development plan. The
City will provide noise berms for the already approved Albion Mills Estates development.
Any future development along the corridor (such as the Heritage Green Downtown Core (C
on Figure 2) will have to include noise mitigation in their plans to obtain approval.
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Residents in the vicinity of the expressway may also experience visual/aesthetic impacts
during expressway construction and operation. Details on visual/aesthetic impacts and
proposed mitigation are provided in the reports Escarpment Crossing Visual Assessment
and the Landscape and Recreation Master Plan.
In terms of infrastructure, much of the infrastructure development proposed is directly as a
result of the Expressway (e.g. hydro tower and pipeline relocations) or is timed to coincide
with the Expressway development to minimize impacts on the valley (e.g. CSO pipeline).
Erosion control and leachate management work on the Rennie Street and Brampton Street
landfill site and the associated creek realignment is anticipated to be completed prior to
construction of the north-south section of the RHC Expressway. The Expressway will,
however, result in the removal of approximately 70,000 m3 of waste material from the
Rennie Street Landfill as well as the relocation of approximately 150 m of the total 1276 m
of the landfill leachate collection system. The Expressway will also result in the removal of
some of the rehabilitated and revegetated enhanced floodplain created by the Rennie Street
project. As noted in the Fisheries and the Red Hill Creek Realignment Study, the
expressway will have major impacts on the aquatic ecosystem of the Red Hill Creek
Watershed. However, with careful planning and design and the incorporation of works to
mitigate historical impacts, the result will be a healthier aquatic ecosystem overall than the
one that currently exists.
There is also the potential for cumulative effects (i.e. effects overlapping in time or space)
from the Expressway and the CSO pipe however, these are minimized due to the
coordination in design and construction timing for the projects. There may be other
projects in the future that could have impacts on the valley such as projects emerging from
the WINS plan. The potential for impacts from these projects is unknown at this time so it
is not possible to include them in an assessment of cumulative effects. As these projects are
developed they will need to consider the effect they may have on the Red Hill Valley.
In most cases, the impacts of the expressway were taken into consideration in the original
environmental assessment. For example, recreational impacts resulting from construction of
the north-south section of the RHC Expressway are addressed in the condition of approval
requiring the City to maintain all remaining valley lands for recreational purposes.
Development standards were also prepared to mitigate noise for development adjacent to
the expressway.
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Impacts of future development on the Red Hill Creek Watershed will be minimized to the
extent possible through the development review and approval process. Approval of future
development within the watershed should give consideration to City initiatives such as the
Red Hill Creek Watershed Plan, the Davis Creek Subwatershed Plan (ongoing), the Citys
Environmental Health and Safety Integrated Management System and Vision 2020.
Within the watershed, there have been and continue to be a number of projects that have
resulted in improvements to water quality in Red Hill Creek. In particular, projects such as
the leachate collection and bank stabilization at the Upper Ottawa Street Landfill, erosion
control at Glendale Golf Course, stormwater works at Albion Falls (ongoing), the Greenhill
Avenue CSO tanks, the proposed CSO pipeline, continual upgrades to the Woodward
Avenue Sewage Treatment Plant, the WINS Program, the Red Hill Creek Watershed Plan,
the Davis Creek Subwatershed Plan, the realignment of Red Hill Creek and the Rennie
Street/Brampton Street Landfill leachate collection and creek realignment all contribute to
improving the quality and quantity of Red Hill Creek.
The most significant infrastructure works proposed in the Red Hill Creek Watershed relate
directly to the Expressway construction and ROPA #9. As previously noted, construction
of the Expressway-related infrastructure being developed in the valley is being co-ordinated
to the extent possible to minimize the length of construction impact. The trunk sewer
required for ROPA #9 will require a Class Environmental Assessment to determine its
location and potential impacts.
No other significant planned infrastructure works have been identified (outside the RHC
Valley) that could either result in significant effects on the valley system or act in a
cumulative manner with effects from the Expressway itself.
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APPENDIX A
CONTACTS MADE FOR THE
RED HILL VALLEY PROJECT
LAND USE ASSESSMENT
Page A-1
Appendix A: Contacts Made For The Red Hill Valley Project Land Use Assessment
Name
Organization
City of Hamilton Staff
Christine Adams
Transportation, Operations & Environment, Water &
Wastewater
Mark Bainbridge
Water Quality
Information Provided
Dan Chauvin
Al Fletcher
Harold Groen
Don Gunn
Trever
Horzelenberg
Phil Jensen
Belinda Kobik
Al Little
Gary Moore
Gil Moore
Luciano Piccioni
Cathy Plosz
Steve Robichaud
Greg Macdonaldd
Rob Shamess
CSO initiatives
Planned roads
Greenhill Ave. CSO Tanks
Cycling initiatives
Eramosa Karst
Development applications for central
division
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Appendix A: Contacts Made For The Red Hill Valley Project Land Use Assessment
Name
Lorissa Skrypnick
Information Provided
Development applications in east division
Jill Steven
Organization
Planning and Development Department,
Development Division, Development Planning
Section (East)
Infrastructure and Environmental Planning
Patti Tombs
Dale Wood
Confirmation Park
Eramosa Karst
School locations and capture areas
School locations and capture areas
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