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Important Update – Upcoming NAV CANADA Flight Checks: Second Semi-annual Test

By Announcement, Events

NAV Canada regularly conducts instrument landing system (ILS) check at Toronto Pearson. This is a routine operation that ensures the accuracy and safety of the country’s navigation aids and instrument approach procedures. The ILS is a precision approach system that provides navigational guidance signals and information on a cockpit display to guide pilots accurately to the point of landing in periods of poor visibility.

The second semi-annual test of 2024 will take place for two nights during the week of July 22-26 from approx. 12:00AM to 4:00AM and will involve all runways at Toronto Pearson. It will take approximately 20 minutes per runway.

Pre-approved flights do operate in the overnight hours in accordance with the Night Flight Restriction program in effect between 12:30 am and 6:30 am. However, given that the flight checks will involve flight patterns of repeated approaches for the runways at varying combinations of height, speed, and direction, we wanted to inform you that there might be noise impacts in your riding.

We have already posted the information on our Noise Advisory Calendar, and will also be posting a message on WebTrak.

Affected residents can feel free to reach out to the Toronto Pearson Noise Management Office directly if they have any questions or wish to submit a noise complaint:

  • Online using WebTrak or the complaint form
  • By phone 416-247-7682

 

July 12, 2024
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Starter Company PLUS Program

By Announcement, Events, Resources

Are you over 18 and want to START, EXPAND, or BUY a business in Mississauga? The Starter Company PLUS Program is for you.

Participants receive:
➡️Free training and business skills development
➡️Free mentorship and guidance
➡️Opportunity to apply for a program grant of up to $5,000

To learn more about the program, and how to apply, please register for one of the following Starter Company PLUS MANDATORY information sessions.

  • Option A In-person: Thursday, July 25 (6:30pm – 7:30pm)
  • Option B Virtual: Tuesday, August 6 (1:00pm – 2:00pm)
  • Option C Virtual: Thursday, August 8 (6:30pm – 7:30pm)

LEARN MORE

July 12, 2024
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NOTICE OF PRE-DESIGN FIELD INVESTIGATION Beach Street Sewage Pumping Station Diversion Aviation Road, Caven Street, East Avenue, Hampton Crescent, Lakeshore Road East, and Lakeside Avenue

By Announcement, Resources, Ward 1

NOTICE OF PRE-DESIGN FIELD INVESTIGATION
Beach Street Sewage Pumping Station Diversion Aviation Road, Caven Street, East Avenue, Hampton Crescent, Lakeshore Road East, and Lakeside Avenue

Peel Region is undertaking investigations related to the installation of a new sanitary sewer system in your area. Sanitary sewers are underground pipes that carry wastewater from your home to a wastewater treatment plant. Wastewater is created when water goes down the drain or is flushed down the toilet. As pipes age and our population grows, we need to repair and replace older sewers to keep providing high quality wastewater services to you.

As we plan for future construction, we will be in your neighborhood conducting field investigations along Aviation Road, Caven Street, East Avenue, Hampton Crescent, Lakeshore Road East, and Lakeside Avenue.
• We will survey your street and use temporary spray paint or flags to mark the location of underground gas, hydro, and cable on roads, driveways, and lawns.
• We may drill holes to collect soil samples, determine ground conditions, or confirm utility locations. These holes may be drilled in the road or the municipal right-of-way, the land owned by the municipality between the street and your water service box. (A water service box is a small, round metal valve in your driveway or lawn that typically marks your front property line.)
• We will take pictures and record video to help ensure that we restore the area as close as possible to its former condition, after construction takes place.
We expect these activities to take place between July 2024 and May 2025.

Contractor and working hours
The work will be completed by various contractors under contract to Peel Region. The contractors normal working hours are from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday. These hours are consistent with the City of Mississauga bylaws.

Traffic impacts
There may be minor traffic disruptions during these activities. If we must reroute traffic, we will place signs giving directions.

Staying informed
To receive updates on Peel Region construction projects in your area, sign up for e-notices at peelregion.ca/construction/signup to start signing up.

Information on this project can be found at https://peelregion.ca/construction/project-16-2905-7/

Thank you for your patience during this work. If you have any questions, please contact us.
Wastewater Collection and Conveyance
Engineering Services Division
Public Works, Region of Peel
Email: construction@peelregion.ca
Phone: 905-791-7800 ext. 4409

July 9, 2024
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Delegation from Kariya, Japan Visits Mississauga

By Announcement, Events

Mayor of Kariya City along with Chair of City Council of Kariya City and President of Kariya International Friendship Association, pictured below with Mayor Parrish and members of Council.  This delegation was in town to participate in celebrations of  Mississauga’s 50th year and Canada Day ceremonies during June 30th to July 4th, 2024.

July 9, 2024
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Launch of Project Lantern

By Announcement, Resources

In Peel Region, there are currently over 30,000 persons living with dementia, and of these, an estimated 21,423 persons suffer specifically from Alzheimer’s. According to ASP, 60% of all persons living with dementia will become lost at some point and approximately 50% of those with dementia missing beyond 24 hours will be located injured or deceased.

By partnering with ASP through a Memorandum of Understanding, PRP’s Community Safety and Well-being Command has established a reciprocal referral process to connect persons living with Alzheimer’s with the support they need from ASP. When persons living with dementia do go missing, a process is in place to more effectively deploy resources for significantly safer outcomes. Through our Divisional Mobilization Unit (DMU), officers will conduct in-person visits to people and their families experiencing dementia. Their focus will be on offering support, making referrals, assisting with completing the Vulnerable Person Registry, and providing safeguarding information to help prevent incidents of individuals going missing.

 

Councillor Dasko at the launch of this initiative that will create safer outcomes for our vulnerable community members.

July 9, 2024
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Peel Regional Police Update: Road Safety Initiatives

By Announcement, Resources

Road safety is a top priority for Peel Regional Police (PRP) and over the course of the summer, we will continue our efforts to curb illegal street racing and high-speed driving. These efforts aim to change poor and aggressive driver behaviour and those who compromise road safety will be subject to charges and penalties.

Since the start of 2024, 15 people have lost their lives in Peel Region due to road-related incidents – all of these deaths were preventable and we are taking increased action. In the first half of this year, Peel Regional Police has issued over 20,000 Highway Traffic Act charges, including:

  • 3800+ for speeding
  • 400+ for careless driving
  • 1200+ for mufflers causing unnecessary noise
  • 1300+ for stunt driving and racing

We encourage you to join us in helping promote safe driving by re-sharing this post: https://x.com/PeelPolice/status/1806774355323429177

The community is also encouraged to report concerning aggressive driving or street racing activities by contacting PRP at 905-453-3311 or through the Online Reporting Portal. For more information, visit: peelpolice.ca/roadsafety.

 

July 9, 2024
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LRT Upcoming Construction Impacts

By Announcement, Hurontario LRT, Ward 1

Metrolinx work related to the Hazel McCallion Line that will impact your community.

As work progresses on the Hazel McCallion LRT project, crews will be doing road widening works between Inglewood Drive and Indian Valley Trail along the west side of Hurontario Street. These works are scheduled to take place from as early as July 5 to July 31, 2024.

To safely accommodate these works, driveways for properties within this stretch will be intermittently and partially impacted between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday for up to four hours. To accommodate motorists needing to enter and exit driveways impacted during working hours, a flag person and steel plates will be used to provide immediate access to the property once the curb machine passes through.

During this time, asphalt and concrete curbs will be removed, followed by excavation, curb preparation, concrete pour, and paving. Once the roadway has been widened, guideway construction in the area can begin later this year.

Immediately impacted property owners were informed over email and hand delivered a physical notice last week. This notice has also been included in our upcoming newsletter and on Metrolinx.com.

 

July 9, 2024
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Mississauga expands speed camera program with 60 additional cameras over the next five years

By Announcement, Resources

Data from City’s speed cameras shows that drivers are slowing down and following the speed limit.

June 27, 2024

Yesterday, Council approved renewing the contract for 22 existing speed cameras, also known as automated speed enforcement (ASE), and will also be adding 60 new semi-fixed cameras over the next five years. Since July 5, 2021, speed cameras have led to a significant drop in speeding and increased compliance. The average decrease in operating speeds was 9 km/h and the average speed limit compliance increased by 30 per cent. As part of the Vision Zero Action Plan, the City’s current 22 speed cameras enforced speed limits at 124 locations in school-area community safety zones.

The additional 60 semi-fixed cameras will rotate to 100 locations throughout Mississauga. They are mounted on poles with permanent concrete bases and will be placed in busy school zones and other major roadways where fatal and injury collisions occur.

Speed cameras will continue operating in Community Safety Zones with speeding issues. Priority will be given to sites with major speeding concerns, considering traffic, sidewalks, cycling facilities, pedestrian hotspots like schools and parks, and past collisions.

The proposed timing of the new camera deployments are as follows:

  • 2024 – Five new cameras
  • 2025 – 10 new cameras
  • 2026 – 15 new cameras
  • 2027 – 15 new cameras
  • 2028 – 15 new cameras

Speed camera tickets

Since July 2021, 82,000 tickets have been issued. The highest number of tickets were issued on Truscott Drive, west of Lorne Park Road. The highest ticketed speed was 78 km/h, almost 50 km/h over the posted speed limit. This has occurred at nine different locations.

There have also been 207 Part III offences processed to date, for vehicles travelling at 50km/h or more over the posted speed limit. The highest ticketed speed being 114 km/h on Mississauga Valley Boulevard, west of Central Parkway East.

Transition to Administrative Penalty System

The City will be shifting from the Provincial Offence Act (POA) to the Administrative Penalty System (APS) in 2025 for speed camera offences to help reduce administration burdens. This will help make speed camera enforcement programs more sustainable and allow for growth in the future.

Planning is currently underway to ensure a smooth transition and effective implementation. Staff are drafting a new Administrative Penalty By-law to allow for speed cameras to operate under APS. The City is also looking to establish a City-run process center in 2025 to support and expand the capacity of the speed camera program.

Corporate policy for Community Safety Zones

The City is developing a Corporate Policy for Community Safety Zones to ensure that speed cameras continue to be used as intended – to reduce vehicle speeds and collisions, especially in areas with a higher volume of vulnerable road users. This policy will consider factors like speed, collision history and the presence of sidewalks, cycling facilities, schools, parks, playgrounds and recreation areas.

The speed camera program is one of the 99 action items in the Vision Zero Action Plan helping the City reach zero fatal and serious collisions in Mississauga. In addition to the speed cameras, the City is continuing to implement several traffic calming measures like speed humps, lowered speed limits in neighbourhood streets and school zones, a crossing guard program to help students cross the road and fines for drivers stopping or parking in bike lanes.

Learn more about the speed camera and results.

Learn more about our speed cameras and view a map of active and future locations at mississauga.ca/ASE

About Automated Speed Enforcement

The Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) program aims to increase road safety, reduce speeding and increase speed limit compliance on neighbourhood streets, improving safety for everyone. All speed cameras have a camera and a speed measurement device to help enforce speed limits in school area community safety zones.

When a vehicle exceeds the posted speed limit, the speed camera captures an image. Then, a provincial offences officer reviews the image and issues a ticket. The ticket, including a digital copy of the image and an enlargement of the license plate, is mailed to the registered plate holder within 30 days of the offence. Upon conviction, the owner of the vehicle receives a fine, but no demerit points are applied.

Quotes

“Our speed cameras are working. Drivers are changing their behaviour and slowing down. Slowing down not only reduces your risk of collision, it also lowers the severity of injuries for vulnerable road users like pedestrians, cyclists and transit users. If you’re driving in Mississauga, whether there is a speed camera or not, I urge you to slow down and follow the posted speed limits.” – Mayor Carolyn Parrish

“Our speed cameras can detect speeding on a consistent basis, ensuring that school children and other road users always feel safe. That’s why we are expanding our program. With an additional 60 speed cameras, our roads will continue to be safe for all road users, regardless of if you’re walking, cycling, using an e-scooter or e-bike, taking transit or driving.” – Geoff Wright, City Manager and CAO

Speed camera placed in school zone in Mississauga

Speeding caera

Graphic of speed and impact

June 30, 2024
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City of Mississauga Council appoints new Deputy Mayor

By Announcement

Matt Mahoney, Ward 8 Councillor appointed Deputy Mayor for the remainder of the 2022-2026 term of Council.

June 27, 2024

Mississauga City Council, led by Mayor Carolyn Parrish, appointed Ward 8 Councillor, Matt Mahoney as Deputy Mayor for the remainder of the 2022-2026 term of Council during the June 26 Council meeting.The Deputy Mayor role is new for Mississauga City Council and is appointed in accordance with the Ontario Municipal Act. The Deputy Mayor will support Mayor Parrish and serve as the acting mayor at functions or activities at her discretion, including, but not limited to, official City events, intergovernmental and third-party meetings. Deputy Mayor Mahoney will also become the permanent Chair of General Committee and preside at Council and other Committee meetings as required.

Councillor Mahoney was first elected as Ward 8 Councillor in 2014 and is now in his third term. He has served on numerous committees during his time on Council including Governance Committee (Vice-Chair), Environmental Action Committee (Chair), Peel Police Services Board, Credit Valley Conservation, Accessibility Advisory Committee (City & Region), Mississauga Public Library Board, as well as others.

The Deputy Mayor role takes effect immediately. The current Acting Head of Council By-Law was rescinded. The full motion of appointment can be found, here.

For more information about City Council and their activities, visit mississauga.ca/council.

Quotes

“Mississauga is a vibrant, growing city, and as Ontario’s third-largest city, it’s crucial that we are prepared and responding to our community’s needs. I’m pleased to announce Matt Mahoney as our Deputy Mayor. With his wealth of experience and dedication as a Councillor for many years, he will diligently work to ensure we continue to advance key priorities and actions for Mississauga.” – Mayor Carolyn Parrish

“I am honored to serve as Mississauga’s first Deputy Mayor. I look forward to working closely with Mayor Parrish and my colleagues on Council to address the challenges ahead and continuing to build a vibrant, global city for all.” – Deputy Mayor Matt Mahoney and Ward 8 Councillor

June 30, 2024
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