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PAGE 89 WEDNESDAY9 NOVEMBER 199 19869 WHITBY FREE PRESS Plan considersç one-ways for downtown By MIKE JOHNSTON By the year 1995, Dundas St. could be unable to handie lncreased traffic and a systeru of one-way streets going through the downtown core may benfeeded. This Is just one of the ideas for controlllng traffic downtown contained in the Downtown Whitby Secondary Plan study. The second stage of the report was presented to members of the public at a meeting last Wednesday ngbt. Those who attended the two-and-a-half-hour meeting weretold that traffic studies in downtown have shown that between the years 1995 and 2000 there will hie too much traffic using Dundas St. To overcome this problem six lanes are needed. One method would hi to designate Dundas St. as a one-way road going west and Coîborne St. as going east. Coîhirne would run one-way from Frances St,, to Blair St. Another suggestion for decreasing traffic -cc problems was to align the intersections of Ash and Athol Sts. at Dundas. The report said this could hi accomplished through property acquisition and redevelopment. At present drivers mxust turn right onto Dundas from Athol then make a left hand turn from Dundas onto Ash. Another intersection which is not aligned is the Green St. and Perry intersection. But instead of aligning the streets, the report recommends that Green St. hi turned into a dead end street. Planning director Bob Short suggested that as a dead end street the town could look into developing it as a public square for any events which take place in the As another means of getting traffic to flow tbrough downtown the report recommends extendlng Dunlop St. eastward to Lupin Dr. in discussion of housing and the size of buildings i the downtown area, Larry Cavanaugh, of the town's planning department, described the future look of the downtown as that of a volcano - with bulding sîzes lncreasing as you look towards the center of town but at the center a decrease in size. The report recommends buildings on the outsklrts of downtown hi llmited to six, four and three stonles while nearer the center the size would increase to eight stories. At the four corners building sizes would decrease* to three stories. It is also recommended that special needs housing be located in medium and hih density areas. '2Parking should be provided by developers upon undertaking any new developinent downtown, suggests. the report. If parking is not provided on site or in an alternate location, the town should require cash..in-lieu of parking from the developer. "No new automotive uses, inluding car lots, public garages and service stations will h permltted within the III liii 111111111 mliii iiii*iiii mliii i. FALL CLEARANCE SALE, ài 5ý B UY A HIGH EFFICIENCY GAS.FURNACE BEFORE DECEMBER 15, 1986 AND RECEIVE A WHITBY-OSHAWA 668-8111 VISIT OUR SHOWROOM ATITHE WHITBY MAIL DUNDAS & THICKSON area affected by this plan. Such usesl wiIil h encouraged to relocate," states the report. Existing gas stations will be- encouraged to upgrade their appearahces. The report also points out that the exlstlng water, sanltary sewer and storm sewer faclities, are not adequate to accommodate f un development and redevelopment down- town. It was suggested that no development be undertaken in an area where services are not available until they are provided. The next public meeting on the Downtown Secondary Plan is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m., when the draft" plan wil be presented. The final meeting will be in early, 1987. Residents of Whitby have until Frlday, Nov. 21 to submlit written suggestions or comments about the plan to the planning departmnent. Oldinan urges student busing Byr JAN DODGE Children living south of Dundas St. who go to St. John's Sehool or St. Theresa's School should hi bussed, WhitbY trustee Tom Oldinan says in a letter to the separate school board's transportation com- mittee. In tbe let ter, wich he circulated at Monday night's board meeting, he says those children had been bussedin the past because of unsafd condition-s. He points out that with the refusal of the town to provide crossing guards, the conditions wil remain unsafe, and therefore the busing should continue. Oldman says tis is the second letter which he has written to the transportation commit- tee. in bis first letter he opposed using crossing guards as a solution. "lCrossing guards don't mean it vil necessarily hi safe," he says. To date Qîdman bas received more than 200' letters and petitions. "I got 15 letters today alone. The people are upset. Some are taking their children out of the system." Qîdman says he bas heard of one family enrolling their child at West Lynde Public School, and of others who were considering it. 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Whitby trustee Catharine Tunney is chairman of the transportation commit- tee which is studying the current policy on busing. Mixer stolen A cement mixer valued at $4,000 was stolen from a construction site in Whitby on Nov. 14. The mixer was removed from the- site of Geranlurn Homes on Long Drive between 1 and4a.m. Bugelli wants seniors' crossing Whitby west ward counillor Joe Bugelli will introduce a motion at next week's council meeting to place pedestrian crosswalks at locations 'where senior citizens cross the street. The motion is a direct resuit of a motion passed by council a month ago that approved placing seniors' crossing signs at various locations in the town. At the time, councillor Bugelli was opposed' to the idea which he said .would give seniors a false sense of security. "The signs for seniors' crossing has 50 more validity or enforceability than deer crossing signs," said Bugelli. "«My concern is that the signs could hi misinterpreted ' by seniors as meaning that they have the ight of way."1 He also expressed concern over whether or not the tovn would -hi hiable if a senior was to hi involved in an accident where the seniors' crossing signa are located. "If we're concernied for the seniors' safety,. the signs are not enough," said Bugelli. >He said theprevious attempt by council to assist seniors was done in good faith but bas created a much bigger problern. He believes the crosswallcs would help alleviate that problem. Optimists start new club Whitby Optirnists are planning to start a second clubiln the municipality. Don Hopkins outlined plans, at a recent Optimist Club meeting to recruit new members, particularly in the Blue Grass Meadows area. "lIt's *somethlng we've talked about for many years in this club," he said. "'There's an excellent opportunity for a second club here.' The club currently has about 45 members. 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