WIIITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, IANUAkY 19,1l977, PAGE 3 Town Une ýCPR und.erpas Cafik asks for construction to begin' before financingy Ontario Riding MP Norm Cafik is hopeful that the Canadian Transport Com- mission will give Durham Region the final -go-ahead to construct an underpass at thé CPR crossing on the Whitby-. Ajax town line, following a nieeting held in Ottawa Thursday. The construction of the underpass is the only thing preventing the opening of the town line (Regional Road 23) as a major arterial route from Highway 2 to Highways 12 and 48 at Beaverton. Mr. Cafik said the situation "Ionks- encotiraing" after a two-and..a-hafr hour meeting in his office with representa- tives of. the CTC, Durham Region anid the ministry of transport. Construction cotild pro- ceed before financial problems are resolved, he said. But the answer won't be known until Town. council sets up . its, eommittees, The Towvn Council is Ah set for a busy two years of administ ration, having set up its various coniittees last wee k. Councillors Tom Edwards, Gerry Enin and Joe Druiiii will be the administrative cominit tee. with Couincillor Edwards as chaîrmian., Couin-- cillors Bob Attersley, Joy Thomsonand Bob Carson will be the operations corilitte. Mayor Jiiim Gartshor-e is an ex-nifficio inember- of bothi committees. Chairmen of the toxvn's departnments a re: Tomn Edwards, planning; Gerry Emin, treasury: Joe Drumirn, clerk*s: Bob Carson, fire; Joy Thompsoii. public works; and Bob Atterslev, recreation. The cotincillors have been designatedl to various town boards. as fd3lows: Gerrv Emin, cenietery board ,ind Roberts senteneed to 9 months. A 20-year-old Oshawit resident wvho xvas involved in an automobile accident whichi killed a Whitby woman lasi February, wvas sentenced ian. 1l to nine mnon ths in jail, andc his driver's licence suspended for three years. Rick Ronald Roberts, of' 177 Nonquon Road pleaded guilty in cotinty court Nov. 1 7 to a charge of criminal negligence causing death. Roberts was being chased by police Feb. 24, 1976 when his car collided with a car driven by Mrs. Sandra Kane, 924 Byron Street North, at the intersection of Brock and Chestnut Streets. t Mrs. Kane was killed in the accident. Judge Joseph P. Kelly 1t1 ecommended that Roberts serve his jail term under the Temporary Adsence Program. Longueul couneillor died Jan. i Fernand Bouffard, the dean of the counicil of Whitby's twin city, Longueuil, Quebec,'died on Jan. 1l. Mr. Bouffard, who had 5een a member of the Longueuil City Council for 14 years, had taken an active library board; Bob Carson, Dr. J. O. Ruddy Hospital and -regional animal con trol comimittee;, Joy Thonipson, Whitby Arts Inc. and Social Planning Council of Oshawa- Whitby; Tom Edwards, Whiitby Ili storical Society and Whitby Yacht Club; Jbe Drurn, Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authlority; Bob Attersley, Central Lake Ontario Conservation Athority. Cotincillor Tomn Edwards will be acting inayor in 1977 if Mayor Jim Gartshore is absenit Iron1 any required dut ics. he receives a reply to a letter he wrote to the CTC, asking for construction to proceed while deferringthe apportion- ing of costs. Mr. Cafik has asked that the region have the right to seek- funding, under the -federal government's special grants programn and the grade crossing fund which covers up to 80 per cent of the cost. In January 1973 the former County of Ontario applied under the grade crossing program and was turned down. The transport depart- ment says it has no funds available and does not rate the project as a highi priority says Mr, Cafik. Mr. Cafik would like to see the project proceed before any public hearing, if a public hearing is required under law to straighten out the financing between the region and the CPR. He said he expected a public hearing would be inevitable. Mr. Cafik said he expected the grade separation to cost one millipn dollars, and would have a considerable benefit for people travelling to cottages in the Lake Simncoe and Kawartha lakes areas. Further' meetings with Transport Minister. Otto Lang and Durham Region officials are expected within the n ext few weeks. The loainof the proposed underpass is about a haif mile south of Taunton Road in Whitby. OFFICE SCHOOL .L SUPPLIE MIDDLETON'S BOOK STORE 11 3-A Duhdas St. W. 668,-2492 DODD& SOU'TER-, bECOR CENTRE LTD. R WHITBY AJAX 107 Byron St. S. AJAX PLAZA Ist Strévt Wal of 4 Comers k] 668-5"2 Nez t to thé tiquer Stoirere