Later that same evening, a homeowner representative, Arnold Tremere, of 2252 Haltrye Court, who had held the position the year before as President of the North Applewood Homeowners’ Association, raised these issues to Councillor Searle at an Official Plan meeting held at Cawthra Park School.
At the October 22, 1975 meeting of the Homeowners’ Association, a very interesting development took place. It was learned that a group of residents west of Highway 10 were forming in opposition to The Queensway. A motion was passed that the Association agree to support other homeowner groups west of Cawthra to stop The Queensway from going any further than Cawthra Road.
When The Queensway did open, Haines Road was closed and a solid concrete sound barrier was constructed to the western limits of Applewood North Park. Haines Road was legally closed by way of the proper municipal instruments at City Hall but it was never completely taken up out of the ground. To this day asphalt remains under a layer of top soil there. The southern tip of that road which leads onto Melton Drive was renamed Cody Lane.
It wasn’t until 1977 that more homes adjacent to the hydro right-of -way would be built by Cape Developments. Eight years later, The Queensway opened from Cawthra Road to Hurontario (Hwy. 10).
Applewood Acres residents had every right to be concerned about the impact The Queensway would have not only in terms of noise levels but also in traffic flows throughout this very quiet community.
According to the City of Mississauga’s 2002 Employment Survey, Mississauga saw its employment increase 193 percent, from 132,000 in 1977 to 387,000. Population kept pace increasing from 250,000 in 1976 to 628,250 in 2002, an increase of 151 percent. The Queensway handles its share of the traffic generated by the work force and population.
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