Notice of study completion – February 27, 2025

Cawthra Road phase 3 sanitary trunk sewer Schedule B Class Environmental Assessment

The study

Peel Region has identified the need for a trunk sewer along Burnhamthorpe Road from Cawthra Road to the existing East Trunk Sanitary sewer, adjacent to Little Etobicoke Creek to improve local sanitary servicing along Wilcox Road and Tomken Road.

These upgrades are necessary to enhance wastewater servicing capacity and operational flexibility as part of the Central Mississauga Capacity Improvements identified in the 2020 Water and Wastewater Master Plan and to facilitate future growth and development. In addition, this Study is intended to address the Region’s State of Good Repair Basement Flooding Mitigation Program within the Wilcox Road and Runningbrook Drive sewersheds by diverting wastewater flows away from areas prone to sewer surcharging.

A Schedule ‘B’ Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) study has been completed and has identified the preferred solution. The preferred solution proposes an extension of the 1500mm gravity trunk sewer along Burnhamthorpe Road East from Cawthra Road to Little Etobicoke Creek and includes several upgrades to local sanitary sewers within the study area. The construction of the extension requires five (5) new shafts located along Burnhamthorpe Road East, with Shaft 3-4 being located at the north-east corner of the intersection of Tomken Road and Burnhamthorpe Road East.

Subject to comments received as a result of this Notice, and the receipt of necessary approvals, Peel Region intends to proceed to design and construction of this project.

The process

The study followed a Schedule ‘B’ Class EA process, including:

Public and stakeholder consultations;
An evaluation of alternative solutions;
An assessment of the preferred solution and identification of methods to lessen the adverse impacts to the community;
Documentation of the process and its result in a Project File Report.

Public and agency stakeholder consultation, including communications with Indigenous Communities was and will continue to be an important part of the Class EA process.

Project File Report

The Project File Report will be available for a 35-day public comment period starting February 27, 2025, and ending April 3, 2025, in accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Class EA process (MCEA, February 2024). An electronic copy of the report will be available for public review on the Region’s project webpage.

We invite you to review it and provide written comments and concerns by April 3, 2025 directly to:

Paul Rastrullo
Project Manager, Engineering
Wastewater Collection & Conveyance
Public Works, Region of Peel
905-452-2760

For concerns that involve the prevention, mitigation, or remediation of adverse impacts on constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty rights, a Section 16 Order request may be made to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. Section 16 Order requests on other grounds will not be considered.

Requests should include your full name and contact information. Requests should specify what kind of order is being requested (imposing additional conditions or requiring a comprehensive environmental assessment), the project name, explain how an order may prevent, mitigate, or remedy potential adverse impacts, and can include any supporting information.

Requests must be sent to the Ministry by April 3, 2025, and should be sent in writing or email to both:

Hon. David Piccini, Minister
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
777 Bay Street, 5th Floor
Toronto ON M7A 2J3
minister.mecp@ontario.ca

Director, Environmental Assessment Branch
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
135 St. Clair Ave. W, 1st Floor
Toronto ON, M4V 1P5
EABDirector@ontario.ca

A copy of the request should also be sent to the Region’s Project Manager.

Peel Region is committed to ensuring that all regional services, programs, and facilities are inclusive and accessible for persons with disabilities. Please contact the Project Manager if you need any accommodations to provide comments or feedback for this study.

This notice was first issued on February 27, 2025.

All personal information included in your request – such as name, address, telephone number, and property location – is collected, under the authority of section 30 of the Environmental Assessment Act and is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public. As this information is collected for the purpose of a public record, the protection of personal information provided in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) does not apply (s.37). Personal information you submit will become part of a public record that is available to the general public, unless you request that your personal information remain confidential.