Newmarket council's Monday, Aug. 24, committee of the whole meeting will be live streamed at 1 p.m. via Zoom on the town’s website.
Here is the full agenda.
While the municipal office remains closed to the public, there are several ways residents can get involved and share their views on agenda items, including:
- Email your correspondence to [email protected] by the end of day on Wed., Aug. 19, 2020. Written correspondence received by this date will form part of the public record; or
- Make a live remote deputation by joining the virtual meeting using the town's videoconferencing software and verbally provide your comments over video or by telephone. To select this option, you are strongly encouraged to pre-register by emailing your request and contact information to [email protected].
Here are some items NewmarketToday is following:
Yonge Street to get facelift from Davis Drive to Green Lane
Residents will have the chance to learn more about the urban redevelopment of Yonge Street from Davis Drive to Green Lane that will begin in early fall 2020 with utility relocations that could take several years to complete.
Road construction is expected to begin in late 2022 or early 2023. Some of the planned improvements to the major north-south artery that is managed by the Regional Municipality of York include road widening from four to six lanes, dedicated transit HOV lanes, sidewalk widening to include a cycling path, enhanced crosswalks and street lighting, a centre median for future rapid transit, trees and other greenery.
York Region said it understands that continued construction and traffic delays caused by this work is frustrating for residents living in this area.
This multi-year project will support growth along this busy corridor while creating an efficient, safe and attractive roadway for travellers, whether driving, walking, cycling or taking transit, region officials say.
You can learn more about the project here.
Task force reports on Main Street parking
The findings from a joint local BIA and town task force on parking needs in Newmarket’s downtown will be presented to council, along with short, medium and long-term parking solutions that could be implemented, some as soon as 2020 and 2021.
Short-term ideas up for consideration to ease parking woes around Main Street include striking an agreement with St. Paul’s Anglican Church at 227 Church St. for the use of some 30 parking spaces, and amending a town bylaw to create 22 new parking spaces on D’Arcy Street and Church Street.
In addition, the task force has identified seven new parking spaces that could be created on Main Street South, between Millard Avenue and Ontario Street.
All three ideas are estimated to cost less than $30,000.
Several medium and longer-term initiatives to address the downtown parking crunch come with varying price tags and other considerations, but include taking over the overflow parking spaces used by York Regional Police’s District #1 headquarters on Prospect Street when it moves to its new location, converting the greenspace at the All Our Kids (AOK) Playpark into 29 parking spaces at a cost of $75,000, and converting the green spaces in the Riverwalk Commons north parking lot to create up to 10 new spaces for a cost of about $30,000.
Longer-term parking solutions, such as building a parking structure at the Commons north parking lot that would provide 1,000 spaces, are not fully fleshed out in the task force report due to budget requirements and other approvals.
