Reblog: milton not just bad traffic and cheap real estate
http://www.miltoncanadianchampion.com/opinions/article/288208
Read MoreUrban planning fail: holy traffic lights, batman!
Is there any Town as small as Milton that has as many traffic lights on major arterial roads disrupting traffic flow? Driving through Thompson from Derry to Main is an agonizing exercise in patience. Sadly, Derry on Western part of Milton is turning into the same thing. Tremaine, Savoline (coming soon), Scott and Bronte. That’s four lights in about a km and a half. There’s a busy rail track blocking traffic in between that I did not mention. Seriously, did these subdivisions need both Scott Blvd and Savoline Blvd? Couldn’t just one connector road in the...
Read MoreAnother underpass article
Milton Canadian Champion Article: Derry Rd. underpass could be built sooner than planned. Snippets: Residents of west Milton who flooded the e-mail inboxes of regional councillors earlier this year asking for Halton Region to speed up construction of an underpass on Derry Road might be getting what they asked for.and “I am relieved and delighted to hear that,” said Milton resident Zeeshan Hamid, who began a petition asking for the underpass in August. “The underpass cannot happen too soon. I hope the council will continue to consider this need a priority.”but Wanting to make...
Read MoreUrban planning fail: sound pollusion
Something that should be part of the Urban plan: controlling sound pollution. The subdivision North of Derry and West of CN track has houses right next to the rail track. No sound barrier, not even a fence. This should simply be disallowed in Milton’s Urban Plan. The fact that a builder is allowed to do this is beyond baffling for me, and a proof that Milton’s Urban Plan is inadequate. This is not sound urban planning (get it?) ...
Read MoreUltra low-flow aerators
Why doesn’t Halton just require ultra-low-flow aerators? I replaced aerators on my faucets with these 1.0 gallon-per-minute aerators. I cannot tell the difference. Imagine the savings if every new home built in Halton had these on each bathroom faucet! New homeowners can always take them out or replace them if they like.
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