I caved in to the popular demand and published the names of people who sign the petition (now it’s like every other petition.  It still allows one to send e-mail).  I had to strip out about 10 names since those people did not provide their street names (or just made up street names).  If you sign the petition then please provide a real street name (no need for a number, I strip them out automatically anyway).

[Update: someone just told me that there is still a name on the list where the street says “old milton”.  I will remove that name from the list as well].

I am watching out for your privacy.  The form automatically strips out all personal information, including the street number (which you don’t have to provide in the first place.  Just the street name is sufficient).  I also double-check the result a few times a day to make sure no personal information slips through. 

Also, Milton Canadian Champion covered the petition in their article.  You can read that here:

Resident starts petition to speed up underpass
Fears trains will impede ambulances from responding to now highly-populated area
By Tim Foran, Canadian Champion Staff
Aug 19, 2009

A noted Milton blogger and resident of the Hawthorne Village Escarpment subdivision in west Milton has started an on-line petition asking regional council to speed up the timing of construction of an underpass along Derry Road at the CN railway tracks.

“I didn’t just start it (the petition) because it (the train) is annoying, which it is,” said Zeeshan Hamid. “This area is cut off.”

Currently, traffic backs up along Derry when a freight train is passing on the CN Halton line, which sees close to 20 trains a day running between Burlington and Vaughan, according to CN.

The Region’s current capital budget forecast doesn’t envision building the $17 million underpass at that location until 2016-17, though that timing will be reviewed within the next year, according to Regional staff.

Hamid said he’s concerned about trains blocking ambulances from accessing the thousands of homes that are filling up the new neighbourhoods west of the railway tracks.

Cars heading west on Derry that see a train passing by are also now speeding north up Scott Boulevard to get to Main Street, where there already exists a two-lane underpass, said Hamid.

“I don’t know if Scott was set up for that, especially with a new school opening up (on Scott).”

… [You can read the rest of the article directly on the Milton Canadian Champion website]

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