Abbotside Way extension will provide another exit out of Southfields Village community

By ZACHARY ROMAN

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Another exit to Southfields Village is on its way, and so is another industrial warehouse in Caledon.

At Caledon Council's February 13 Planning and Development committee meeting, Councillors discussed a zoning bylaw amendment for the property at 0 and 12304 Heart Lake Road.

The property is owned by real estate developer Broccolini, which is seeking to rezone it from agricultural to prestige industrial. A condition of the rezoning would be that Broccolini completes an extension of Abbotside Way to Heart Lake Road.

Broccolini's property is on the west side of Heart Lake Road just north of the Highway 410 overpass. The planned extension of Abbotside Way, a road in the Southfields Village community, will run across the northern border of the property.

Council approved Broccolini's zoning bylaw amendment request, and it will come forward for final approval at a Caledon Council meeting.

Broccolini is planning to create an industrial warehouse and distribution building with ancillary offices on their property. The planned extension of Abbotside Way would provide another exit out of the Southfields Village community, a massive residential development that currently only has two main exit points — Kennedy Road at Mayfield Road, and Kennedy Road at Old School Road.

A Town of Caledon staff report said completion of the Abbotside Way connection will direct truck and other employment traffic towards Heart Lake Road as opposed to the residential areas west towards Kennedy Road. 

Ward 2 Councillor Dave Sheen represents the residents of Southfields Village.

“The community certainly has been anxious to see another exit out of Southfields Village created for a very long time,” said Sheen. “So I'm really glad to see that we're making some progress forward.”

Mayor Annette Groves said she was also pleased to see progress made on the file.

“Glad to hear that Abbotside Way is going to be well under construction, because it's been a long time coming,” said Groves.