waterloo region planning comm. staff report
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the Regional Municipality of Waterloo request the Ministry of Transportation to consider the
recommendations contained in Report P-09-032, dated March 31, 2009, relating to the Class
Environmental Assessment for the Highway 8 and Highway 401 Interchange, including:
a) The Ministry of Transportation work with the Region through the Regional Transportation
Master Plan process to consider establishing an additional interchange to Highway 401;
b) Transit priority measures, such as queue jump lanes and signal priority, be recognized in
the Transportation Environmental Study Report and included in the detailed design of the
Highway 8 and Sportsworld Drive interchange to assist transit operations;
c) Pedestrian improvements around the Highway 8 and Sportsworld Drive interchange be
recognized in the Transportation Environmental Study Report and incorporated into the
detailed design of the interchange in order to support planned public transit infrastructure;
and
d) The Ministry of Transportation recognize the need for bus bypass shoulder lanes along
Highway 8 and Highway 401 within the study area in the Transportation Environmental
Study Report, and work with the Region to explore the feasibility of these lanes during
detailed design.