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Eastbridge residents want bus route nixed Residents of Waterloo‘s east end will have local council in their corner tonight when â€" they â€" ask regional council to disallow bus service through their neighbourhood. "These are usually very quiet people," said Ward 3 Coun. Bruce Anderson. "But this issue has really gotten under their skin. "To tick them off doesn‘t make much sense." Concerns were raised Monday night when repreâ€" sentatives from the Region of Waterloo‘s transportation department shared their plans to extend an existing Grand River Transit bus route through part of the Eastbridge ward for a oneâ€" year trial period. _ Currently, the region is looking at two models for introducing the service. â€" The first model, referred to as Option A, would extend the 5 Lancaster route in both directions _ along â€" Bridge Street to Bridle Trail, Auburn Drive, Canterbury Drive, Dansbury Drive, Meadowâ€" vale Road, Lexington Road, University Avenue, New Bedford Drive, Eastbridge Boulevard, back onto Bridge Street, â€" Northfield Drive, Davenport Road and into the Conestoga mall transit terminal. The second _ model, known as Option B and preâ€" ferred by most residents, would extend the same route along Bridge Street between University Avenue and Danâ€"sbury Drive, rather than Auburn Drive and Canterâ€"bury Drive. 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"Option A provides a betâ€" ter level of service coverage, and would minimize the walking distance for transit users," he said. Cicuttin said in comparâ€" ing the options, the first ranked higher in terms of customer service, route perâ€" formance and policy impact. He also said that using Bridge Street as the main route causes some concern since the west side of the street doesn‘t have a sideâ€" Cicuttin did admit, howâ€" ever, the second option looked better after the evaluâ€" ation in terms of overall social impact and neighâ€" Children‘s Day Camp wWhere agricul{ural, educational and nature meet \ OPEN JULY & AUGUST "NOW _ Call Jill â€" 662â€"4934 On the grounds of Canoe The Nith 1015 Huron St., New Hamburg J5 | T Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Fine Home Furnisin * Livingroom Suites * Bedroom Suites * Kitchen & Dining Sets * Chairs * Office Furniture * Lamps * Bar & Kitchen Counter Stools * Homie Accents bourhood disruption "There‘s always an eleâ€" ment of resident concern when we introduce new serâ€" vice," he said. "But our expeâ€" rience has been that once the service is integrated and working for a while, the conâ€" cerns tend to dissipate over In a recent letter to the region‘s engineering comâ€" mittee, however, Anderson made it clear the majority of his constituents are opposed "It doesn‘t seem like it would be a big deal to move the bus one street over. It‘s not going to make or break the transit system, and it would make the residents happy." â€"Sean Strickland City councillor "To force these residents to have these buses use Auburn _ and â€" Canterbury when there‘s a more acceptâ€" able alternative one block away does not make a great deal of sense," he wrote. to the first option Coun. Sean Strickland also said he couldn‘t underâ€" stand how a good news item like extending bus service could ereate such a winâ€"lose situation. "It doesn‘t seem like it would be a big deal to move the bus one street over," he said. "It‘s not going to make or break the transit system, and it would make the resiâ€" dents happy." While Waterloo council has no decisionâ€"making power on the matter, they have sent a letter in support of Option B to the region fag consideration. No matter which option is chosen, new bus service will begin in the area Sept. 5, oo e e HOW DO YOU LIKE THIS CUTE LITTLE NUMBER? 1877 707 7379 The small print Gateway | Lease for $750/Month Limited time offer. Ends June 30/00 24â€"month lease as offered by FinanciaLinx Corp. (OAC). $7,500 down payment or equivalent tradeâ€"in required. Interest rate is 9.65%. First month‘s lease payment required upon signing. Taxes, transportation ($895), PDI ($400), lease administraâ€" tion fee ($129), licensing, registration and insurance are extra. Annual km limited to 24,000 km. Additional km at $.15/km. Optional Residual at $36,839. 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