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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2012 0 WATBRLOO. ONTARIO * $1 INCLUDING HST -â€"-â€"-â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€".â€"____â€"_____â€"___________ City council asks . ‘5 w .- . ' ‘ z. t s f . regiontodefer ' .. a, .._ r uptown road changes \ r“ " Btlmmlmmou " 7_‘Wfiflimniclertafl ’ ‘ ,. W::::?.C;;t:::t:“.:::::; kg ‘2 . . mommy regional council defer the i ' ‘ ,r.‘ sum-M No“ 11 reclassification of uptown roads ‘ . . pending the completion of a neigh- “a” . __ bourhoodtraffic study. I . is}? g " ARTS Focus Councillors passed the motion. ' . , 20,)“; Film Festival tabled by uptown ward councillor , a“ ’ “ ~"« . Pa 818 Melissa Durrell, during Monday's . V “I; g committee of the whole meeting. “ . “We need to commit to being nim. ‘ ble on this. and we have to agree to ,, J ' look at it again and again and again,” i. . t _ said Coun. Karen Scian. g . ~ ‘ ‘ Under the city's new transporta‘ ' ‘ ' . L ‘ “kg, {I “ i "g; tion master plan, completed in April . ‘ r ' «if a 201 1, staff recommended reclassifying . a ‘ ‘ '2. ‘ ' ' . ' several streets in the uptown west ’ ) ,5 I neighbourhood from local roads to 3' I ; ' *" minor collectors. That plan. along . ' k. _ v“ « . . ' ' with the city's new official plan, is now v‘ .7 ' ‘\ ; , V 3' ' before the region for final approval. »-" ' , ‘ The deferral applies to Avondale 5y ' ‘“‘ '3' Avenue South between Erb Street ,5; . a West and Allen Street West, John Street “Wm Wes: rmm Wesrmoum Road to Park The ancient art of the lion dance CITY LIFE 5;“; amt/“'9“ :35? WW {mm Waterloo's Buddhist Light Centre. 3 F0 Guang Sheri Temple, opened its doors at 9 Elgin St. in Waterloo _ . l [It‘wafittanmmom only in coun- Sunday morning. To conclude the ceremony, the audience'was treated to a traditional lion dance outside. Project Think cil chambers as more than a hundred Here the Iron is fed a head of lettuce, and the dance is believed to bring good luck and fortune. asks you to muse people came out to hear the final before pressmg decision. and four delegations spoke ' send/Pa 1 .om.s..mm..gmem. Hydro One goes ahead w1th plans 89 0 ter of the uptown neighbourhood. Residents are concerned the BYIAMBIW leen lambert, who met with hydro other vegetation to protect the reclassification â€"â€" which allows for Ulnar-idem]! staff last Thursday at her Wood- its-kilovolt lines that supply wider roads and more traffic â€" will bend Crescent home. which backs power to almost 20,000 residents . fundamentally all" the Chara“?! 0‘ onths of campaigning by onto the corridor. from Waterloo to Palmerston. the neighbourhood. . M residents has been for Hydro One announced its plan Residents worried the work ”What brings “5 here lOl‘lSh' '5 naught after Hydro One to perform vegetation malnte- would replace the lush corridor, . (’Uncem oia disconnect.‘ said "WOW" announced its plan to proceed nance in the two corridors last popular among joggers and dog reside!“ Bruce Alexander, Who SPOKE with its hydro corridor mainte‘ lune. and residents have been walkers alike. with a barren dead 35 a dEICSBllOH Wllh his daughter. nance program in Waterloo's fighting it since, even appealing to zone. Work is scheduled to begin 'l‘anis. Alexander is W0”le that by Beecth neighbourhood. city council for help. The city man- Nov. 12 and is expected to last 2029 â€" the SCOPE the transportation The utility announced its plans aged to overturn Hydro One‘s plan about two weeks. 1 . master plan is building towards ~ last week, much to the dismay of to use chemical herbicide in the Residents weren‘t the only ones ( 9‘ the art-a his daughter grew up in those living adjacent to the corri- corridor. but not much else. who felt defeated and confused ix WOUld be unrecognizable. dot. The plan includes the mechani< about Hydro One's apparent ' Continuedonpqe7 "it makes me sick,” said Kath- cal removal of trees. shrubs and Confluuedonpqe? . t ‘ . , I . . ,<.Iols°8ru3 _. a .. .. " '1- ‘4’,"‘{:’. .3 I‘ ‘ ’ . '\ 1’" 1 "1 /-~@ ../:'~"f.>l’)l’ v I A\({ [you x‘ 4. 1-] w Fridays-Saturday 2012 .5.” . ‘\- w .r \ l" , ' m «it 4 put .. 1 ' . ~- . . . ‘ s1 5 a “an”, ,...,.....r W ‘ 20 Wit Road, WW .537, ”humming ‘- / . OPEN Sun. I) more. 7am-9pm . t) ’ PM so. van-tom- 519-746-4800 '