Critics charge the plan for Highway 413 is being driven by big developers with PC ties and land along the route that is poised to shoot up in value as the project goes ahead
On the front lines of the battle is Dan O’Reilly, 74, who says his Caledon farm, which sits just 1.5 kilometres from the 413′s proposed route, has been in his family since 1842 – and is going nowhere. He lives in the old farmhouse and rents the fields to a farmer who grows corn and soybeans. Over the years, he said, he has ignored about 20 phone calls from developers interested in his property., handing out yellow and red “Stop the 413″ lawn signs and organizing road protests. In 2020, Mr.
Critics say Mr. Ford has over his term reversed years of effort to contain sprawl in places like Caledon. His government lowered its growth plan’s population density requirements, making it easier to build more spread-out communities. And it’s forcing municipalities to designate more farmland for development.
“When you look at the big picture, it’s really about developer private interests – building these disconnected subdivisions across prime farmland and connecting them with a highway,” she said, adding that new logistics warehousing sites are also being approved, in anticipation of the 413.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail
PC incumbent Sylvia Jones, a minister in Mr. Ford’s cabinet, won handily here in Dufferin-Caledon in 2018 with 53 per cent of the vote, so it’s unclear how much of an effect the 413 will have. But Caledon’s mayoral election this fall looks set to be a battle over the highway and the influence of developers.
Eighty per cent of Caledon will stay protected, she said, but how the remaining 20 per cent grows is now in the balance. She argued the highway, or a transportation “corridor” of some kind, is needed in the future –even if Caledon grows, as she said it should, in a way that allows for public transit and cycling. Without it, she warned, Caledon’s roads will face an onslaught of truck traffic and require major expansion.
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