‘In the middle of nowhere’: The controversial highway the Ford government wants to build
East Gwillimbury, Ont., resident Thomas To on the Holland River, next to his secluded, wooded property that would be destroyed if the Bradford Bypass is built.He and his neighbour, East Gwillimbury resident Bill Foster, are working feverishly to block the bypass.
It’s beautiful and pristine – and even farmers who support building more roads to move their goods say this is no place for a highway. The type of soil found in the Holland Marsh, says Milton-area farmer Brandon Saliba, is “very, very rare” and preserving it, he says, is key.Following the money Then there are the ‘unseen’ costs, including vehicle emissions, noise pollution, salt runoff into Lake Simcoe – and sprawl.“It’s completely the opposite of what we need to be doing,” says Margaret Prophet, who heads the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition, a group opposed to the highway.
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