Moved by Councillor Findlay Seconded by Councillor Salisbury THAT Guelph City Council receives the Community Energy Plan from the CEP Consortium; AND THAT Guelph City Council endorse the Vision, the Goals and the directions provided in the Community Energy Plan as the basis for community energy planning in Guelph;
Category: Traffic Management
Guelph Community Car Co-operative Inc.
Who Needs a Car? The Guelph Community Car Co-operative, a non-profit member owned company, is celebrating 6 years of providing transportation options to members – by purchasing their second car. A new Honda Fit will join the original Chevrolet Cavalier to meet the needs of an ever expanding membership group.
City of Guelph launches anti-idling protocol
Environment Week is June 3-9. City celebrates with a host of Environment Week activities for the public. The City of Guelph is taking action during Environment Week. Guelph Transit will launch it’s new anti-idling protocol on Clean Air Day. Beginning June 6, all buses will be required to turn off their engines while waiting at […]
Smog Alert in Guelph
If you are on the MOE alert list you must be aware that we are in the midst of what looks to be at least a 3 day Smog Alert period. The alert has been extended all the way from Windsor up into northern Ontario. So unless you have the time and opportunity to travel […]
Essex Street Closure
On Monday, May 7th, 2007 at 10:30 a.m., a meeting organized by City of Guelph staff was held at the newly closed area of Essex Street to address difficulties raised over the closure of Essex Street. Present at the meeting was yourself as well as other City of Guelph staff together with businesses and landowners […]
Terms of Reference for the GTA West Corridor
May 18 was the deadline for input for the Terms of Reference for the GTA West Corridor. I attended the Public Information Centre several weeks ago.When I asked people present at the PIC how Guelph City Council would be involved, they said that they would be making a presentation at the end of May to […]
College Avenue Extension: Not an option!
It is with deepest concern that we are sending this letter in strong opposition to the possible building of the “College Street Extension”.In this 21st Century saving the environment has wisely become a world focus and keeping any existing conservation areas intact and/or improved upon should be a top priority in this country, in this […]
Tony Leighton writes on the first 6 months of this Council
The following editorial appeared in the May 12th edition of the Guelph Mercury. We appear to have voted in real leaders this time It’s time for some shameless cheerleading. Lots of people think one government is pretty much like any other, and voting doesn’t matter much. Guelph’s new city council has already proven them wrong. […]
GTA West Corridor Environmental Assessment
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has initiated an Environmental Assessment (EA) Study for the GTA West Corridor. The first step in this study process is to prepare an EA Terms of Reference (ToR). Additional information can be found at: www.gta-west.com Minutes of the advisory group
Roundabouts on the Hanlon?
The Province of Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is undertaking an environmental assessment (EA) of the Hanlon Expressway. As you may be aware, the Hanlon was originally designed to have overpass exchanges at each intersection. To date only the overpass at Wellington Street is complete. It was built in the late 1990’s at a cost of over 17 […]