Fulton discusses GO, 407 at Chamber meeting Items from Whitby Coumeil agenda(s) Çýonci[ Men Auril24 189 Correspondence Letterfrom Kym Draper, secretary for Save Our Shores. The letter notes the group's concern that the public walkway has been deleted f rom the Coscan waterf ront development. it aiso asks council to re-examine the proposai wlth a view towards reduclng the density of the deveiopment. Receîved for information Letterfrom Ministry of Municipal Affairs advising council that $190,000 has been alocated to the Town for use ln ts Prog ram for Renewal improvement Development and Economnic Revitalization (PRIDE). The money is to be used for work on Coîborne St. Coundil passed a resolution formally acceptlng the money. Recommendations from the operations committee That council approve the spending of $94,707 for varlous vehicles for the works department and a six- passenger van f or the f ire department. Approved That a specl recognition night for aduit volunteers, separate f rom the existing annual youth awards night, be referred to the 1990 budget for discussion. Now, aduit volunteers are recognized for their contributions at the youth banquet. Apoe That council accept the low tender of $1 55,347 by Winvalley Construction of Whitby for the construction of new washrooml/changeroon1 facilities and the renovation of the existing building at Peel park. Approved Recomnmendatiolis from te plan ing elementary schooi - one- story, junior kindergarten t0 Gr. 8 - on the north side of- Dryden Blvd., east of Fallingbrook St., be approved. Approved That council approve an eight lot subdivision with a temporary cul-de-sac design on the east sie 0f High St., between Mary St. W. and Dundas St. W. Appèoved The Steeles/Taunton road con- nection -projeot.. in .Durham Région will be completed in six years . perhaps even sooner, Ontaýrio' Minister of Transpor- tation Ed Fulton told Whitby Chamber of Comm erce members Monday night at a Chamber din- ner meeti*ng "Detailed design work will be wrapped up this year, in pre- paration for the start of construc- tion in 1990," said Fulton, as hie gave an overview of ministry policies and Durham Région transportation activity and plans. Meanwhile, hie said, work pro- ceeds on first stage -of Hwry 407, from Hwy 427 to Dufferin St., while route planning studies are being prepared to determine the alignment for 407 fromn Hwy 48 easterly to Hwy 35/115. (A no-devèlopment zone bas been located just south of the Brooklin urban area, for the future 407). "Do y'ou see it in 10 years, 20 y ears?' asked a Ohamber mem- ber about the cornpletion of the 407. "haSure," saidFfulton, explaining thtno im rame could be ED FULTON given. Fulton, a former president of the Scarborough Junior Cham- ber/Jaycees, said the starting date for work on the Consumers Rd. extension in Whitby stifl depends on acquisition of a par- cel of land now in private owner- ship. Since the GO station opened in Whitby, ridership on the, lakesh- ore line bas increased by more than 2,500 trips a day, he said. "0f those, 1,500 are being SEE PAGE 25 WH3TBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, ý1889, PAGE 3 F Coleman.' You've seen the ight. Now feel the comfort. mq]s qiý ~HEAflNG à AIR C0NDMN1NGU £- 4ViLColman meou uliy SAlways has. Alumys wIlL FREE. FREE7 SY.Warranty o' 5parts& labour ] r lcrncA ri if installed by May 15/89. la e for a imited time ony with the purchase of a Central Air Conditioning syte b HEANNG à AIR CONDMONG Put it on Your Gas Bill "Low Monthly Payments" e'., s 4 f *1 4 ~ #0E#tiédît# ê