Just because the province talks about the Bradford Bypass every time they work on Highway 400 doesn’t mean they have all their ducks in a row. They need Federal permits for Fisheries and Species at Risk, and they need to get First Nations Consultation right.
Redside Dace (little fish that eat mosquitos) is in the Holland River.
It’s a federally endangered species and we expect it to be protected! Ontario’s Minister of Transportation wrote to Rescue Lake Simcoe two months before the release of this Federal Strategy, saying “…there are no Aquatic Species at Risk present within the study area.. further studies to confirm these findings will be undertaken during Detailed Design.” This is consistent with the province’s approach to highway building and is a violation of international Environmental Assessment approaches. An Environmental Assessment is supposed to develop route alternatives to avoid harm; that is not being done here.
Read the recovery strategy here. https://www.canada.ca/
Other Resources:
RLSC letter to the Species At Risk registry re. Redside Dace and the Bradford Bypass
SARA office response re. Redside Dace and the Bradford Bypass