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I. _ $799,000 mad " work may get councillV ok Waterloo gr: Arena to get a} f safety glass -. Waterloo Arena will have protective glass installed around the ice surface. council's committee of the whole decided Monday. The glass, which will cost $6,000 when installed, was requested-hy the executive and directors of the Water- loo Siskins. The Siskin management noted in, a letter to- council that sev- eral accidents could have been prevented over the past year if protective glass has been installed. Last year, the letter noted, 16-year-old Jane Taylor of Waterloo was? struck in the face _with a flying puck and she sustained severe injuries. The executive notes corrective, surgery has already totalled $1,- 200 and additional opera- Council's committee of the whole reluctantly ap- proved in principle road construction totalling $799,- 000 for this year. The work, proposed by the engineering department un- der the 1975 local improve- ment program, includes 15 separate projects affecting roads. curbs and sidewalks in the city, Alderman Brian Turn- bull and Mary Jane Me- whinney questioned the engineering department request to approve the en- tire works package in prin- ciple without detailed ac- counts of the proposed work. Turnbull suggested top priority be given to "a few of the projects" while the bulk of the program could be approved by council at a later date. Turnbull said each project could be re- viewed separately by coun- cil once the 1975 budget has been set. Alderman Mewhinney said she would hesitate to give approval on the entire program at this time. She said many of the pro- posals might be contro- versial as far as the com- munity is concerned. City treasurer Don Schaefer informed the committee the most advan- tageous approach would "Anyone of these may be- come controversial." alder- man Rudy Kominek said, adding the committee should approve the program and discuss each item as it comes before council, waterloo chroniclegl 120th Year No. 5 Community Services Di- rector Ken Pflug said the materials will cost close to $5,000 and installation will cost the city an additional $1,000. He noted-a 10 to 12 per cent increase in the cost of the materials is ex- pected, by March. tions will be necessary When%teed if Waterloo's two other arenas lMoses Springer and Albert Me Cormiclu would .require the protective glass, alder- man Robert Henry was in- formed that these arenas ice younger teams for the most part while the Water- loo Arena features a Igher calibre of play. be to approve the works program in principle so his department could proceed with the 1975 budget. "LeCs go ahead with it and if we need to we can cut the program at budget time," alderman Robert Henry said. Mrs. kerrcLawsm and the 'committee were as- sured by the engineering department that all affected property owners would be informed of any works well in advance and they would be able to petition against anything they felt unnecessary. Each pro- perty owner will be noti- fied by mail two weeks prior to the intended date of construction. If opposi- tion to the work is peti- tioned the Ontario Munici~ pal Board will schedule a public hearing. - One member of the audi- ence. Marg Kerr-Lawson of Albert St. .said she was concerned over the an. proval of works in her neighbourhood. She said there are a number of trees on properties along Albert St. that should not be de- stroyed if a road widening program is approved. Mrs. Kerr-Lawson said a tree specialist has recently checked the area and desig- nated these worth preserv- ing. Included in the engineer- ing report are 17 works approved by council for 1974 but not completed due to late approval by the OMB, The works total 8455.000. Wednesday, Januarv,28t City defers decision on Albert St. x walk A request for a pedes- trian crosswalk or a set of traffic signals on Albert St. south of Bearinger Rd. will require additional study. council's committee of the whole decided Monday night. After debating the issue for close to 45 minutes. council approved a recom- mendation to have the en- gineering department con- duct further pedestrian and traffic counts in the Albert St. - Bearinger Rd. area, Addressing council. Helen Rayburn of 511 Albert St. said crossing Albert St. during peak traffic periods was next to impossible. Mrs. Rayburn said she and her two children have been al- most struck down by motor- ists on several occasions while attempting to cross Where's the fire? asks three-year-old Jason Gough at the Waterloo Public Library on Thursday. Waterloo fire fighters Dennis Dubrich and Peter O'Hare visited the library to present two books on fire fighting and demonstrate equipment to members of the Tiny Tots program. During the demonstration Jason volunteered for a fitting, insisting he will be a fireman when he grows up. Mrs. Rayburn. who re- quested-a study on the area in October with a petition containing 36 signitures. in- formed council she has even dodged cars at the cross- ing north of Bearinger Rd. She said when she com- plained to the regional police she was informed that the crossing was not an official pedestrial right- of-way and nothing could be done. Mrs. Rayburn said the police would only charge a motorist if some- one was struck at the crossing. . “I hope you will provide us with some means of re- lieving this situation. If I was hit and killed then the driver would be in the wrong," she said, question- the street during the after- noon rush hour. f iarat 't .. 1Ct,9rs,avtet'2rf?rxrtWst T - m,", » "?rCip.?sii"ri1t'it' b :33??wa _ I P, 1rrt,i,,?E, ‘igfih WW” #2215? Waterloo, Ontario According to Mrs. Ray- burn the recent traffic counts by the engineering department were conduct- ed when Bearinger Rd. was being resurfaced and the traffic flow was less than one quarter of the normal density. ing the logic of the situation. "Right now I'd go any- where to cross that street in safety." . _ According to city engi- neer Gord Lemon, a traf- fic count was conducted during the resurfacing of Bearinger Rd. but other surveys have since been conducted, "Welnew the traffic pat- tern was affected by the work on Bearinger Rd. be- cause there were no cars," Lemon joked, adding counts conducted over the past 'it.5:fiiTr'ii I?) few years in that area have been fairly constant. Lemon said the most recent count was taken last week and the figures indicate the area does not require traf- fic signals but a cross walk should be provided. "The traffic movement is no problem at all. Our sole concern here is a pedes- trian crossing and the num- bers (pedestrians in the area) so far are far below the numbers required for a traffic signal." Lemon said. Alderman Hebert Henry said he is opposed to the installation of a pedestrian cross walk because of the safety factor involved. Ac- cording to him cross walks are being replaced by sig- nals in Toronto to prevent (Cominuod on page 2) I0 Cents ' EB}