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Our Mission
It is the mission of CARS and partner agencies to campaign against the proposal to build the Canadian Motor Speedway on a 821 acre site located in the municipality of Fort Erie in the province of Ontario; in order to protect area residents from the adverse environmental and social ramifications of a development that is in direct violation of municipal land use planning objectives.
Received from Citizens Coalition for Greater Fort Erie
Fort Erie Speedway Likely to Bring Property Values Crashing Down
September 7th Council Meeting Will Discuss Rezoning to Allow Development
Property values in Fort Erie will likely plummet due to the effect of a speedway on the local environment, according to staff at the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation‟s Toronto Office.
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URGENT ACTION BULLETIN
Call on Provincial Government to Stop Fort Erie Motorway!!
BAND TOGETHER AND STOP THE SPEEDWAY FROM DESTROYING
THE
QUIET ENJOYMENT OF OUR PROPERTIES
One of the most dangerous assault’s on the mosaic of farmlands and forests of Carolinian Canada is underway in Fort Erie to facilitate the approval of the proposed Canadian Motor Speedway, a NASCAR-like amusement racing track. This would involve the re-designation of 827 acres of land in the Fort Erie and Niagara Region Official Plans which are currently designated "Good General Agricultural Land", to a new designation of "Special Policy Area."
Unless the province appeals this re-designation of agricultural land to
the Ontario Municipal Board, it is likely to be approved.
As a community we must show solidarity and fight for our quality of life.
In opposing the motorway there are three points to stress.
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Fort Erie has one of the best preserved Carolinian habitats in Canada, comparable in extent to only the Walpole Island and Six Nations native communities. Half of the town is in natural habitat, predominately swamp forests. Taking out such a large swath of habitat, will harm many rare and diverse Carolinian species.
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The motorway proposal would result in the urbanization and subsequent degradation of a Provincially Significant Class One Fish habitat Miller Creek. The creek provides habitat for endangered Grass Pickerel and Wood Turtle. The creek’s mouth near the Niagara River is also an important muskie breeding habitat.
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The re-designation of 827 acres of Good General Agricultural Land is the biggest loss of farmland in Niagara since the introduction of regional planning. It represents some of the best land for farming in south east Niagara. A third of it has been carefully reforested by conservation minded farmers over the last half century. Several area farmers have spoken out against the proposal, because of expected problems of vandalism associated with similar motorways in the United States. It would violate Ontario’s Growth Management Plan, which should prohibit all urban boundary expansions in Niagara.
The persons who will ultimately make the decision to whether or not to appeal the Speedway to the OMB are the Minister of Municipal Affairs and the Minister of Energy and Public Infrastructure.
They are: Jim Bradley and Brad Duguid.
Please email:
Jim Bradley - Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
jbradley.mpp@liberal.ola.org
<mailto:jbradley.mpp@liberal.ola.org>
Brad Duguid - Minister of Energy and Infrastructure
bduguid.mpp@liberal.ola.org
<mailto:bduguid.mpp@liberal.ola.org>

PROPOSED MOTORWAY PLANS TO RIP UP GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN
AND RARE CAROLINIAN HABITATS
The Town of Fort Erie has some of Ontario’s greatest concentration of threatened Carolinian forests. However, this concentration of rare forests is being proposed as a new location for a massive 60,000 capacity, “NASCAR-like” racing track (known as the Canadian Motorway Speedway) by the Niagara Regional Council. The speedway and associated light industrial and commercial development is proposed to take over an 800 acre site which is predominately designated as “Good General Agricultural” in the Niagara Regional and Fort Erie Official Plans...............................Read More
PROTECT YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE -
SPEAK OUT AGAINST A PROPOSED MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN FORT ERIE!
What You Should Know About Having a Motor Racing Complex in Your Town
IMPORTANT UPCOMING MEETINGS & EVENTS
For contact information, please refer to the Get Involved section on this website.
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