GTA WEST HIGHWAY — Portfolio — Joel J. Wittnebel

Southern Ontario, once home to a thriving monarch butterfly population, is the flagship of habitat fragmentation; the GTA West Highway will only make it worse

ENVIRONMENT, GTA WEST HIGHWAYJoel WittnebelDecember 9, 2023

Ottawa will scrutinize GTA West Highway plan, citing concerns about at-risk wildlife

ENVIRONMENT, GTA WEST HIGHWAYJoel WittnebelDecember 9, 2023

‘Death by 1,000 cuts’: GTA West Highway exposes cataclysmic impact our addiction to urbanization has on wildlife

INVESTIGATION, ENVIRONMENT, GTA WEST HIGHWAYJoel WittnebelDecember 9, 2023

PCs signal GTA West Highway might not happen as opposition grows

GTA WEST HIGHWAYJoel WittnebelMarch 1, 2021

Plowing a highway through the green heart of Ontario when the natural world has been our pandemic oasis

ENVIRONMENT, GTA WEST HIGHWAYJoel WittnebelFebruary 21, 2021

Facing fierce public backlash Caledon council does u-turn on GTA West Highway

GTA WEST HIGHWAY, NEWSJoel WittnebelFebruary 19, 2021

‘A highway to nowhere’: Green Party Leader, community advocates, push back against GTA West Highway

FEATURE, ENVIRONMENT, GTA WEST HIGHWAYJoel WittnebelSeptember 20, 2020

Councillors in support of new developer-fuelled highway, while endangered species don’t stand a chance

A controversial highway could destroy much needed habitat for endangered and threatened species in the GTA

NEWS, GTA WEST HIGHWAYJoel WittnebelJune 24, 2019

Is the GTA West Highway good transportation planning or a gift to developers?

It’s a highway that the previous Liberal government scrapped, a panel of experts have said that it will not solve Souther Ontario’s transportation issues, such as gridlock on Highway 401. Yet, Premier Doug Ford seems intent on pushing it forward. Why? The answer seems obvious.

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