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Attersley says road improvement endangered.... WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1982, PAGE 3 Proposed sewer moratorium could hurt Whitby The Region of Dur- ham may impose a one- year moratorium on the construction of new water and sewer pipes this year. At last week's meet- ing of regional council, local politicians debated a report from both its finance adn works committees giving two alternatives for pipe construction in 1982. The first alternative cals for the construc- tion of about $5 million worth of pipes this year - A 33-year-old Whitby man has been charged with incest by the Dur- ham Regional Police Force. Police laid the charges last week after being informed of inci- dents involving girls, aged 10, 11 and 12,'- The man was also charged with three counts of indecent ass- $5 million less than was originally proposed by the works committee. One of the-items cut from this budget is the building of the second and third phase of the Pringle Creek Corbett Creek Diversion Sewer for Port Whitby. The estimated cost of this project is just over $3 million. However, both alter- natives will have an im- pact on road improve- ment work undertaken by the Town of Whitby. ault and two counts of gross indecency. Inspector Doug Bulloch said that the of- fences had occurred earliefthis month. The accused was to appear for a bail hearing last Friday morning although it was not known at press time whether or not it was granted. According to Mayor Bob Attersley, it is possible that all road improvement that also needs water and sewer pipe repair or construc- tion could be delayed. "It will slow up our process of improving roads with services un- der them," he said. The mayor said that the downtown core would be the most ad- versely affected if either of the alterna- tives is adopted. He points out that the town has had an im- provement program for the core over the last 15 years and that many of the pipes in the area were laid as long as 40 or 50 years ago. Both alternatives, At- tersley said "just back up the projects in the community." "Local improvements are going to be hurt badly," he added. "Im- proving our existing roads will be a real pro- blem." Another question that remains unanswered concerns grants given to the municipalities by the provincial govern- ment. Road work is financed 90 per cent by the Ministry of Transporta- tion and Communica- tions and local politi- cians are afraid that if a moratorium comes into effect then those much needed and valuable grants could be lost. "We could be short- changed," Attersley said. The mayor adds that if the work is put off, then both the town and the region will be in a catch-up position. What's. not known is whether ot not the provincial government will help finance the catch-up. While no major work is expected to be done by the town this year, the problems could come in 1983. "We have no major projects that affect the region this year," Atter- sley said, wondering what will happen next year. Another problem that the region and other Durham municipalities face (but not Whitby) is the possibility that they will have to lay-off staff. Much of the work conn- Foolish prank led to injury A "foolish prank" that wént wrong caused a 10- year-old Whitby girl to spend three days in the Oshawa General Hospi- tal last week suffering from a severe con- cusion. According to Inspec- tor Doug Bulloch of the Durham Regional Police Force, Lisa Shane of Hillcourt Ave. was standing at a bus stop on January 13 when two boys, aged il and 12, came up from behind her. Bulloch said that the boys stretched out a Skidoos stolen from trailer The wintery weather that Whitby has been -suffering during the last few weeks has led thieves to steal the ap- propriate mode of tranb- portation. According to Inspec- tor Doug Bulloch of the Durham Regional Police Force, thieves made off with two snow- mobiles that were on a trailer at Don Vallance Equipment Limited, 114 Winchester Road, Brooklin. They took a black 4500 Citation and a yellow 5500 Blizzard that were under a cover on a trailer. Bulloch estimated the value of the two new machines at $5,000. scarf between them and tripped her. Lisa was then rushed to the hospital. Bulloch said that she is currently recovering from her injuries. The matter was reported to police on January 19 by her parents after she returned home. The inspector added that the force's youth bureau is investigating the incident. MERCURY'S STOREWIDE CLEARANCE-SALE - 2 0 Ylo To 0-(OFF QUALITY FURNITUREar7 d APPLIANCES ected with these pro- jects is done in-house but Attersley said in Whitby outside consul- tants are generally used. The affect of the budget changes will not be "so heavily affected in our municipality - we use outside consult- ants," he said. While these are all weighty problems, the biggest one could be water and sewer pipe construction for Port -Whitby. Without the pipes, the now $200 million dev- elopment proposal made by Kesmark Hold- ings Limited cannot proceed. Originally, the Kes- mark harbor redevelop- ment plan was valued at $40 million but has grown since to be five times in size. Regional Councillors have said that if Atter- sley can get Kesr-rk to sign a .doþment agreement, they will give the project their stamp of approval. The mayor said recently that he is confi- dent such a deal can be struck this year. If that happens, the project 'will certainly go to debenture," he ad- ded. Should regional coun- cil adopt the morator- ium, Atte•sley has one additional fear. "I'm concerned that someone might turn off the tap for two years, threeyears," hesaid. A continued morator- ium would lead to in- creased maintenance costs for roads and pipes. 'But if there's no money, what can you do?" Attersley asks. "I don't know how you're going to fight it." Regional council is expected to make a decision on the alterna- tives sometime in the next few weeks. Man charged with incest GOT TAX REFUND PLANS? 85 per cent of your calcúlated tax refund paid - fast. Return compared at no extra cost. 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