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Budget 2012 Town Hall Meetings with Councillor John Parker

Tuesday 10 January 7pm – 9pm
OFL Building - 15 Gervais Drive
and
Thursday 12 January 7pm – 9pm
Leaside Gardens - 1073 Millwood Road

Please join Councillor Parker for a discussion regarding the 2012 City of Toronto Budget prior to approval at the January Council meeting.

Broadway and Bayview Development News

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Community Notice

Hydro One to begin Midtown Project construction at Rosehill Pumping Station

May 3, 2011

Dear Resident:

Hydro One and its contractor, Technicore Underground Corporation (Technicore), will begin construction of the Midtown Electricity Infrastructure Renewal Project (Midtown Project) this month.

The first phase involves construction of the main shaft at the Rosehill Pumping Station (Mount Pleasant Road and Carstowe Road) starting in mid-May.

The Midtown Project received Class Environmental Assessment and Ontario Energy Board approvals in June 2010. The project involves replacing an aging 115 kilovolt (kV) underground cable and adding an additional transmission circuit to increase electricity capacity for the midtown Toronto area. (See project details at: www.HydroOne.com/projects/midtown)

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The Rosehill Pumping Station is the main construction staging area for the Midtown Project; a 60 metre deep shaft will be constructed here. Once completed, work will begin on a deep rock tunnel connecting Hydro One's stations at Bayview Junction and Birch Junction. A tunnel boring machine will be lowered into the shaft and from here, excavation will occur to Bayview Junction to the east, and west to Birch Junction. Once the tunnel is completed, new 115 kV cables will be installed. Construction will occur over a period of three years.

Over the next few months, construction crews will be installing temporary access roads, grading soil, and installing a wall around the work site at Rosehill Pumping Station to help reduce noise and other disruptions to the neighbouring community. Freezing equipment and a temporary power source will also be set-up. The actual excavation of the main shaft is not expected to start until fall.

A temporary parking pad will be installed at Hydro One's property at Carstowe Road and MacLennan Avenue. This parking area will be used during the day by Hydro One and Technicore staff working at the Rosehill Pumping Station site. If necessary, this site may also be used for material storage due to space limitations at Rosehill. The site will be restored to its original state following construction.

A community open house about this project was held at Whitney School on May 12.

For more information contact:
Marylena Stea
Community Relations
Hydro One
Tel: 416-345-6799
Email: Community.Relations@HydroOne.com

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• 1st Vice President- Geoff Kettel
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