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* Traffic computer stalled Jumbiled traffic to get worse By Howard Elliott Chronicle staff writer Traffic circulation in this city is very bad, according to Gord Lemon, the man in charge of traffic in Waâ€" Although the 100 or so Vietnamese refugees setâ€" tling in the Waterlooâ€" Kitchener area have been here only a few months. they‘re already getting to know each other and the community. # The _ Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Chinese Cultural Centre can take part of the credit for that. Cultural _ centre 124th Year No. 34 @ietnamese residents get acquainted at Waterloo Park picnic The 1926 Studebaker roadster with its mini rumble seat was one of the more popular entries in the Studebaker Drivers‘ Club antique car show held Sunday in Waterloo Park. Austin Eade, of Oakville, Ont., (centre wearing hat) they don‘t make ‘em like they used to... terloo. And a computer sysâ€" tem to synchronize lights in the city would be an effecâ€" tive way to combat the growing problem. members organized a picnic last Sunday for the Vietâ€" namese families. It was held in Waterloo Park. and according to Chinese Culâ€" tural Centre spokesperson Rose Pei, the event was a success in all ways It gave the Vietnamese people a chance to meet each other. as well as members of the cultural But unless the Waterioo Wednesday, August 22, 1979 regional engineering comâ€" mittee makes a decision on the construction and purâ€" chase of such a system at its next meeting September 6, such a traffic control sysâ€" Another purpose of the afâ€" ternoon event. Ms. Pei said. was to allow the Vietnamese to inform the cultural centreée of their needs. With the reâ€" sources available to the culâ€" tural centre, she said help could be given to the refuâ€" centre â€" most of whom emâ€" migrated from China and now live in this area. says the roadster, the only one in Canada, was known as the "whiskey six" during the prohibition years because of the part it played in the heavy traffic back and forth across the USâ€"Canadian border. tem could be a long way off At an engineering comâ€" mittee meeting Thursday, August 9, members decided to study the situation further before making any As well as enjoying the sunshine,. the new residents had a picnic lunch of chickâ€" en wings and rice. The food was donated by area Chinâ€" ese restaurants, whose owners are members of the cultural centre. Total attendance at the picnic was about 200, includâ€" ing about 100 members of the cultural centre. decision on the matter. The main stumbling block enâ€" countered by regional staff who want the computer was the $1.5 million priceâ€"tag. According to Assistant Waterloo, Ontario Comment Business Sports 12â€"18 Classified 21â€"22 Community Calendar 23 Inside Commissioner of Works Gord Lemon, everyone inâ€" cluding regional council acknowledges the problem created by jumbled traffic in this area. And, he said, the problem is especially bad in Waterloo where trafâ€" fic signals aren‘t synChronâ€" ized at all. â€" Mr. Lemon said he‘s driâ€" ven around the city â€" at the speed limit â€" and found there‘s often no way to catch two consecutive green lights. A traffic computer would synchronize the lights on a preâ€"set basis, allowing a set number of cars to get through at the next intersecâ€" tion â€" provided drivers are sticking to the speed limit. Mr. Lemon said he‘s no expert in the computer field, but he has been told by staff at the Ministry of Transportion and Comâ€" munications that the $1.5â€" million computer in quesâ€" tion ts the best available for the price. Director of Roads and Traffic for Waterioo Region Clare Bauman agrees that the system is badly needed, and he hopes the engineerâ€" ing committee will make a decision soon for a number of reasons. Mr. Bauman said the comâ€" mittee has to decide what to do by Sept. 6, because the MTC is presently putting toâ€" gether a tender which will be farmed out to the comâ€" pany building system Compiling the tender inâ€" formation is part of a pilot project managed by the MTC. The purpose of the program is to get midâ€"sized cities such as Kitchenerâ€"Wa:â€" terloo, Brantford and Oshaâ€" wa involved in computer traffic control. Those three municipaliâ€" ties are participating in a joint scheme to install the system. Mr. Bauman said, and unless the Waterloo area is ready to go along with the other two parâ€" ticipants, the project will go ahead without this region If the Region decided not to buy the computer. and deâ€" cides a few years down the road that such a control sysâ€" (Continued on page 3) 16 Cents 6â€"7