There was a round of applause in the Essex County council chambers last week from councillors, administration and staff as the long-awaited road rationalization study was presented and adopted. “It’s the report we’ve been waiting for for years,” said Warden Hilda MacDonald. Director of infrastructure and planning services Allan Botham presented the 75-page report that, over the next two to seven years will see the responsibility of 42.8 km of county roads either uploaded to t

Essex’s County’s County Wide Active Transportation System (CWATS) is going through a transformation that could see a division in who pays for new infrastructure. Manager of transportation, planning and development Jerry Behl outlined a new plan that would have the county assuming all CWATS infrastructure as part of Essex County council’s April 1 meeting. “Once infrastructure is built, we will finalize who owns, maintains and replaces the CWATS infrastructure,” said Behl. Sign

Conservative MPs, including guest speaker Andrew Lawton, held an open house March 31 to relay their concerns on Bill C-9. Approximately 200 people attended a town hall meeting to discuss and voice concerns with the Liberal government’s proposed Bill C-9, a bill aimed at hate propaganda, hate crimes and access to religious or cultural places. After meeting with regional faith leaders earlier in the day, Conservative MPs met with the crowd of concerned residents at the Ciociaro