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Public Librar TERRACE BAY, one. POT 2WO C.C.T.F.N. Busy intersection It seems Terrace Heights Drive, shown above, will keep its monopoly as the only access point to the Terrace Heights subdivision from Highway 17 in Terrace Bay. At améeting between Township Council and Ministry of Transportation and Com- munications representatives held last week, Council was informed that its request for a second access at Ridgewood Drive is not deemed desirable from a traffic safety point of view. Secondary access idea rejected by MTC reps by Conrad Felber The proposed rezoning of Ridgewood Drive as a secondary access point from Highway 17 to the Terrace Heights subdivi- sion in Terrace Bay has been all but eliminated as a future project by officials from the Ministry of. Transportation and Communications. At a meeting held. in Terrace Bay.on April 7 bet- ween Township Council and two representatives of the Ministry from Thunder Bay, Council once again asked to have Ridgewood reopened to relievé the traf- fic congestion that current- ly exists at Terrace Heights Drive, which is now the only access point to the new subdivision. MTC District Engineer Frank Adams and District Traffic Engineer Rick Boucher reminded Council that the Ministry's policies do not allow for two highway access points to exist within 1,000 feet of each other. Ridgewood and Terrace Heights Drive are well within that limit. They also told Council that the opening of Terrace Heights Drive, which took place in the late 1970's, was originally conditional on the closing of Ridgewood Drive, also known as Pumphouse Road. Ridgewood Drive can and has been opened to one-way traffic, but only in emergency situations. "Back then it was a case of one or the other," Town Engineer Doug Baker told the News. The MTC Engineers did agree to conduct a traffic study before July of this year at the problem in- tersection. The study, ac- cording to Boucher, will analyze the amount of traf- fic to determine if there is justification for some sort of improvement in that area. Boucher added that the study may help the Ministry to decide whether a traffic light or turning lanes are warranted at that crossing. Reopening Ridgewood Drive, however, is not a possibili- ty, he said. '*Our stand is that we do not want to see another ac- cess there," he explained. "The secondary access Council is proposing is not deemed desirable from a traffic safety point of' view."" Part of the traffic study will include a manual count to determine which way vehicles are turning at the intersection, Boucher noted. "'After we have had a chance to look at the volumes we will be better able to determine the justification of changes,"' he said. "We must identify the deficiencies in that area first." . Baker said that the MTC officials acknowledged that the Terrace Heights in- tersection is a poor con- figuration and that they will submit their recommenda- tions following the comple- tion of traffic study. He added that some of the Councillors present at the meeting were "quite forceful" in their defence of the original proposal by Council. "Everybody got to say their piece," Baker said. Reeve Ollie Chapman also argued in favour of reopening Ridgewood, and pointed out that a secon- dary access route would continued on page 2 Local MR group disbands, joins District Association The Schreiber-Terrace Bay Association for the Mentally Retarded -- has disbanded, according to the group's Public Relations Officer, Gail Conrad. The organization will now become part of the Marathon and District Association for the Mental- ly Retarded, Conrad's news release added. '"We have come full cir- cle," Association member M. Helmink was quoted as saying. The Schreiber- Terrace Bay group's original members founded their association after they had been members of the Marathon and _ District Association. The decision was made, after a year of delibera- tions, because the direct support of the local chapter is no longer required, in light of the changing needs of the mentally handicap- ped in the area com- munities, the release noted. - "Tt was felt by all members that it was essen- tial to continue to support the work of the MDAMR, especially in its mandate to provide services for men- tally handicapped adults,"' Conrad added. Such ser- vices include life skills pro- grams and residential facilities. The appropriate records and a cheque will be turn- ed over to the Marathon Association at their annual meeting in May, the release said. The decision to disband the local group was made at a meeting held recently. "It is hoped that the communities of Terrace Bay and Schreiber will continue to support the mentally handicapped of their communities and the district through the Marathon and_ District Association," Conrad said, adding that the group will be conducting its Flowers of Hope Campaign in May with a membership drive in Schreiber and Terrace Bay to follow this September. The outgoing executive of the Schreiber-Terrace Bay AMR has served for the past several years and includes Art Leblanc as President, Mary Dashkewych as Treasurer, and Lois Gilmour as Secretary. ferrace Schraise Wednesday, April 16, 1986 "aid Vol. 41, No. 15 Serving Terrace Bay, Schreiber and Rossport 35° Bob O'Donohue, the coach of the Region One volleyball team, kept his players on -- and off -- their toes during a practice held in. Terrace Bay on April 5. The team, made up of the best players from all across Northwestern Ontario, will be representing the region at the Ontario Summer Games to be held this On their toes year at the end of July. On the squad from Schreiber is Steve Denomme while teammate Kevin Roberts is from Terrace Bay. O'Donohue, from Ignace, said prac- tices will be held throughout the region over the next few months.