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Vol. 12 No. 41 Wednesday, Oc0 br'3018 20 Pages FuliGO-s .ervice-by,1986 Transport Minister Jame s Snow's transit strategy for the Golden Horseshoe, shown above, will cost a tot al of $3 billion and should be completed withln four years. The plan is expected to "maintain the vitality" of, the Industrial and commercial heartland of Ontario by meeting the increased need for rapid transit. For Whitby, it will probably mnean growth ln houslng, service and retailiindust ries. It may also mean Port Whitby will finally be re-developed.' DetailIs below. GO gives new vitality to Whitby It's a GO!f Plans to construet a light 'rail transit une llnking, Whitby and Oshawa to the Pickering GO transit - une will begin -immediately, Transport Mimister James Snow announced Thursday.. The announcement of- ficially confirmed the ministry's "inter- regional rapid transit strategy", which will link the regions of Peel, York, Durham, Halton and -Hamfiton-Went- worth with an electric rail Uine.- Whitby wilI be provid- ed with full transit ser- vice within three or four years under the new, transit plan. At Picker- ing, the Uine will split soutb to the lakeshore and west to- Scarbor-, ough Town Centre. Transfers can bemade- at stations on these Uines.- "Our first prioritywill be the implementation of. the Pickering, to Oshawa, and the Oak- ville to Hamilton, sec- tions, " Snow said in his announcement., Snow estimates that the Pickering Oshawa Uine wiIl cost approxi- mately $162 million. The transit strategy was the result of several studies which examined rapid transit in the greater Toronto area. The new Une wiI bring "9new vitality and new opportunities for employment ini Witby"ý works chairman Gerry Emm said Thursday. Mayor Bob Attersley said mhe new line wil have a poitive effect on the overaIl development of Whitby, and particu- larly1 on plans to develop Port Whitby. "We are fortunate in Wbitby mhat the rail line runs close to, me bar- bor, " Attersley said. "This only strengtbens mhe position on making mhe redevelopment of mhe barbor bappen." Attersley said be was very excited by Snow's announcement' mat the Oshawa-Pickering line is a" top priority in. the 'overall strategy. Besides mhe possibiUity, of new growth in Wbitby resulting from improv- ed transit service to ýToronto, a "splil-over" of jobswinstutinof the Uine will help crate jobs locally, Attersley said. It may also mean the long-awaited Brock Street bridge will finally be constructed, Gerry Emm said. Because mhe GO line would initially make use of CN tracks wbich run under the bridge, it may be possible to obtaîn provincial funds to re- build the Brock Street bridge, Emm said. "The present CN .bridge is old, and out- dated, and would be un- ablet to accommodate the new>, transit line,"ý Emm said. "It lookslikewe'll get some -real -attention *to mhe bride,"ý he added. The region bas pro- pcised a cross-over be constructed on the Brock Street bridge, which would eliminateÎ the. ON bridge which now runs over Victoria Street. 1,Omher implications for Whitby include the possibility of more peo- ple buying homes in the area,, and more businesses locating in the town, Emmh suggest- ed. "If people can get away lrom spending hours éhn the 401 fighting traffic, they may locale bere."t Emm' said mhere is a lot of serviced land in Wihitby- -to'build homes on, and people àay be attracted -here by 'the Sm ail town .atmiosphere and reasonably priced land. STOUFFVILLE EXISTING GO TRANSIT - - 'PROPOSED GO TRANSIT JýE iýEI P.R ýýEýýIIS'