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January 2003:

• Ignoring all the arguments - RE: 'New highway is a road to prosperity' (Jan. 30). Hamilton Spectator
• Use rail in mid-peninsula - Hamilton Spectator - Clubs to discuss alternative to costly highway tomorrow
• Toll-free mid-peninsula highway would be good for business - Bill Willson - Jan. 23, 2003 - Burlington Post
• Tolls possible for proposed mid-peninsula highway - Dennis Smith, Special to The Milton Canadian Champion- Jan 10, 2003
• Listen to the citizens on highway- Letters to the Editor - Jan. , 2003 THE BURLINGTON POST
• Tolls possible for proposed MP highway Dennis Smith - Jan. 8, 2003 - THE BURLINGTON POST
• Mid-peninsula may be toll highway Jan 7,2003 - Carmela Fragomeni - Hamilton Spectator
• Let's have a rail corridor Jan. 6 2003 the Hamilton Spectator
• Another toll road? Jan. 6, 2003 (Hamilton Spectator) letter to the editor Susan McMaster
• Province can't duck role in exorbitant 407 toll rates - Hamilton Spectator Jan. 6, 2003 - Casey Korstanje

• For whom the toll rises 'One road for the rich and one for the poor' - Chinta Puxley Jan . 3, The Hamilton Spectator

  Articles - 2002:

• The verdict on the 407: It drives motorists crazy - National Post Dec. 27, 2002
• Say no to mid-pen - The Welland Tribune -Wed. 18 Dec., 2002
• Opponents of MPH challenge new options at Rockton meeting - Flamborough Review - Fri 06 Dec 2002 - Byline: Dianne Cornish
• It's time to demand transport options - The Hamilton Spectator
• Travel jazz: Take the train, eh? WILLIAM THORSELL
• McGuinty promises `greenbelt' for GTA Liberals pledge to beef up police `We are rolling out our platform early' - Toronto Star
• Not 'us against them': Port mayor listens to concerns about Mid-Pen highway
• Anti-highway group is growing - COPE has members at both ends of proposed mid-peninsula corridor
• MPH consultation process flawed - Flamborough Review on November 29, 2002.
• New alternatives no victory: CONE- Irene Gentle Flamborough Post - Nov 27, 2002
• Highway routes: 3 Mother Nature: 0 - Each of three highway options has impact on environment: COPE - Dennis Smith - Nov 27, 2002 - Burlington Post
• Proposed 12-lane 403 is too wild to consider - Gord McNulty - Nov. 27, The Hamilton Spectator
• Options broadened for mid-peninsula highway Milton Champion: 11/26/02
• Re: 12-lane 403 a possibility (Nov 23) - Hamilton Spectator Editorial Nov. 26, 2002
• 12-lane 403 a possibility - Nov. 23, 2002-Carmela Fragomeni - The Hamilton Spectator
• Town not sure highway answer to traffic woes - Milton Champion - Nov. 22, 2002
• Eves government broadens study area for Mid-Peninsula Transportation Corridor - Press Release HALTON REGION/HAMILTON, ON, Nov. 21 /CNW (off site link)
• Escarpment doesn't have tangible price tag - Dave Eckersley (COPE) The Hamilton Spectator
• The Threat of the Mid-Peninsula Highway: My Story (Editorial)
• Hamilton group not thrilled with mid-peninsula highway plan - Nov. 13, The Review (NF)
• Wellandport resident offers different perspective on new highway Nov. 2002, Robert Kuret - Wellandport
• Mid-peninsula highway talks hit a roadblock - Dennis Smith- Nov 8, 2002 - Burlington Post
• Mid-peninsula highway proposal target of criticism Oakville Beaver, Nov. 8, 2002

• Niagara superhighway will change our way of life - Nov. 8, 01:03 EDT David Mclaren, The Hamilton Spectator

• Execs pitch railways - Building a new rail infrastructure beats 'expensive' investment on roads

• We need to clean house - Escarpment commission October 31, 2002
  

• What a poor legacy - October 31, 2002

• Escarpment is 'on life support' - Joan Little - The Hamilton Spectator - October 29, 2002
• Improve old roadways, don't build new highway - The Hamilton Spectator - October 26, 2002

• Six Nations demands more say in highway - Oct. 18, 2002 Lisa Grace Marr - Ohsweken, Hamilton Spectator.

• Concerns raised about mid-peninsula corridor at meeting October 2002 Terry McNamee
• Highway would hurt environment: residents Oct 2002
• NDP study advised against Niagara route - Seven years later, least-favoured mid-peninsula highway option embraced by Harris's Tories, by Carol Phillips - Hamilton Spectator.

• Mayor wants new link to Hwy. 401 - Oct. 11, 2002 Jason Misner, Hamilton Spectator.

• A path through Ontario's heritage - Oct. 5, 2000 Mary Gordon, Toronto Star (Bruce Trail marks 35th anniversary )

• City could sue province over highway route -Hamilton Spectator, Carmela Fragomeni

• An International Perspective - Senator Jim Jeffords, Washington, D.C.

• We want roads, but not on escarpment - Joan Little,
  Oct. 7, 2002 - The Hamilton Spectator
  

• Robert Bateman joins fight against proposed highway - Irene Gentle, Special to the Post
  Oct 2, 2002 - Burlington Post- 2, 2002

• Bateman opposes proposed 'idiotic idea' - Irene Gentle,
  Oct 2, 2002 - The Famborough Post
• Five routes now considered for mid-peninsula highway - Sep. 30, 2002 - Dennis Smith - BURLINGTON POST
  

Press Releases:

• ROBERT BATEMAN TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE - September 28, 2002
  -Wildlife Artist Opposes Mid-Peninsula Highway That Threatens The Niagara Escarpment - view full press release

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Hamilton Spectator | Toronto Star | Flamborough Post |Burlington Post:

The Hamilton Spectator:

• Bateman sick over planned highway - Hamilton Spectator, Sep. 26, 2002. 01:02 AM-
  Celebrated artist Robert Bateman is lamenting the planned "desecration of (his) sacred place," the Niagara Escarpment, to make way for the mid-peninsula highway. [Full Story]
• Explore alternatives to this highway - Hamilton Spectator -2002-09-23 01:05:47 - By Joan Little
  In Burlington at least, the proposed mid-peninsula highway is the latest I-hate-government hot button. Residents feel under siege by Ontario's "foregone conclusion" type of highway planning.
• For whom does Caplan speak?
  2002-09-23 01:05:31 [Unknown]
  RE: 'NEC wants assessment of new highway' (Sept. 19).
• 'All-clear' sign premaure
  2002-09-21 01:14:38 [Unknown]
  RE: 'NEC wants assessment of new highway' (Sept. 19)
• Government is stuck in '50s thinking
  2002-09-21 01:13:37 [Unknown]
  RE: 'Hamiltonians invited to highway meeting' (Sept. 16).
• Another chance to gouge?
  2002-09-14 01:32:18 [Unknown]
  RE: 'Burlington to province: rework highway plans' (Sept. 11), 'MPP opposes mid-peninsula route,' and 'New highway should be last resort on congestion' (Sept. 12).
• Test a free 407 for a month
  2002-09-14 01:32:16 [Unknown]
  RE: 'Burlington to province: rework highway plans' (Sept. 11).
• New highway should be last resort on congestion
  2002-09-12 01:44:42 [Unknown]
  It's time to apply the brakes and return to the drawing board in studying the proposed mid-peninsula highway as it affects Hamilton and Burlington. That message resonated emphatically at the latest public meeting on the controversial project this week. Consultants retained by Burlington and Hamilton found the transportation ministry's work to date was full of as many holes as a Swiss cheese. That's not acceptable for a highway which would have enormous implications for the people of this area, if it proceed
• Let's fight to save Escarpment
  2002-09-10 00:51:00 [Entertainment]
  In recent times, Canadians have had more and more occasions to observe governments that have become arrogant and have compromised, ignored, or even imposed their agenda against the public will. A particularly odious example of this is the current Ontario government's violation of the spirit of due process in its decision to blast a highway through an ecologically sensitive portion of the Niagara Escarpment.
• Distrust dominates highway session - Jul. 29, 2002 - By Joan Little
• The Hamilton Spectator Editorial/opinion, Thursday, July 11, 2002, - Province should look at alternative routes; Mid-peninsula highway: Burlington fears justified (PDF)
• The Hamilton Spectator News, Thursday, July 18, 2002, p. A08 Highway session short on specifics: residents (PDF)

The Toronto Star:

• Burlington doesn't like new highway proposals - Sep. 12, The Toronto Star
  Provincial analysis deeply flawed, city says Kate Harries ONTARIO REPORTER

The Flamborough Post:

• The province is going ahead with plans for a new highway without giving due consideration to growth patterns in the area. - The Flamborough Post, Sept. 27, 2002 - By Irene Gentle o The Post.
• The Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) will be headed into the city for a meeting with council today. Starting at 9:30 a.m., the government will be on hand to answer questions and come up with its conclusions on the proposed Mid-peninsula highway. - The Flamborough Post, Sept. 25, 2002
• The Niagara Escarpment Commission board has rejected a staff report asking for a delay in launching an Environmental Assessment (EA) on the proposed mid-peninsula highway due to concerns that the current proposal is flawed. - The Flamborough Post, Sept 20, 2002

• Burlington Post:

• Robert Bateman joins fight against proposed highway - Irene Gentle, Special to the Post
  Oct 2, 2002

  Miscellaneous:

• The Spectator Sept 26.
  A Ministry of Transportation representative told Hamilton city council it will probably be about eight years before land acquisition can begin for the proposed Mid-Peninsula Highway from Fort Erie to Burlington.
  

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