Environmental Assessment Consultation (2003)Pursuant to the Public Consultation Policy Regulation (B.C. Reg 373/2002) and as per the Order under Section 11 of the BC Environmental Assessment Act, the Ministry of Transportation, as the Proponent, carried out an extensive Public and Stakeholder Consultation program. (For information regarding program specifics, please refer to the EAO Submission, Volume 4, Section B of the Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project Application) Solicitation of public and stakeholder comments during the Public Comment Period was an extension of the Ministry's ongoing consultation approach. For up to two years prior to submission of the Application, the Ministry engaged local, regional and First Nations’ governments in dialogue regarding the Project. Furthermore, the Ministry has committed to ongoing stakeholder consultation beyond Project certification. The Application's biophysical and socio-community/economic study findings were presented to the public, along with a description of Project scope and conceptual design drawings in a series of well-advertised open houses in the Project's critical-path communities.
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