Put Morriston bypass on 5 year plan, MPP Arnott urges Minister again
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Ted Arnott, MPP
Wellington-Halton Hills
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 26, 2013
Put Morriston bypass on 5 year plan, MPP Arnott urges
Minister again
(Queen’s Park) – On March 26, Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott once again stood in the
Ontario Legislature and called upon the Minister of Transportation to put the Highway 6
Morriston bypass on to his Ministry’s 5 year plan for highway construction.
“Our community has been waiting for more than 30 years for this project to move forward,” Mr.
Arnott told the Legislature. “In fact, the need for a bypass around Morriston was first identified in
the late 1970s. A number of environmental studies were done, but the project itself moved at a
snail’s pace. Meanwhile, the traffic problems continued to get worse.”
Mr. Arnott has argued that the project will have clear economic benefits for all of southern
Ontario.
“Highway 6 is an important economic corridor linking the 401 to the US border. In 2006 the
Minister of Transportation said that this stretch of highway accounts for 12% of the province’s
truck traffic,” said Mr. Arnott.
Mr. Arnott also praised the residents of the Township of Puslinch, led by Township Council and
staff for their leadership and hard work.
“I want to continue to do whatever I can to support their efforts and I once again urge the
Minister of Transportation to listen to my constituents and to put this needed project on to his
Ministry’s 5 year plan,” Mr. Arnott concluded.
(Attached: Text of Mr. Arnott’s statement in the Ontario Legislature, March 26, 2013)
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Ted Arnott, MPP
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Email: ted.arnott@pc.ola.org
Ted Arnott, MPP
Wellington-Halton Hills
Text of Mr. Arnott’s statement in the Ontario Legislature, March 26, 2013
Mr. Speaker,
The Guelph Mercury hit the nail on the head in its March 21st editorial on the Highway 6
Morriston bypass. The Mercury concluded, “After so much time, so much effort, and ever-
increasing traffic, doesn’t this project deserve a spot on the province’s five-year plan for highway
capital projects?”
This is a question that many of my constituents in Puslinch Township are also asking.
Our community has been waiting for more than 30 years for this project to move forward.
In fact, the need for a bypass around Morriston was first identified in the late 1970s. A number
of environmental studies were done, but the project itself moved at a snail’s pace. Meanwhile,
the traffic problems continued to get worse.
Highway 6 is an important economic corridor linking the 401 to the US border. In 2006 the
Minister of Transportation said that this stretch of highway accounts for 12% of the province’s
truck traffic.
On February 19, the very first day that the Legislature resumed sitting after being prorogued, I
tabled a resolution calling on the Minister of Transportation to put the Highway 6 Morriston
bypass on to his Ministry’s 5 year plan for highway construction.
The motion is identical to one which I tabled last fall before the prorogation.
And I want to thank all the residents of Puslinch Township who have been working so hard to
advocate for this project, led by their Township Council and staff.
I want to continue to do whatever I can to support their efforts and I once again urge the Minister
of Transportation to listen to my constituents and to put this needed project on to his Ministry’s 5
year plan.