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Busy land registry office will relocate WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1987, PAGE 9 m finais ton lit% By JANET BROWNE The end may be near to the ex- treme overcrowding problem at the Whitby Land Registry office on Centre St. as plans are already un- derway to temporarily relocate the booming office to provide more space for clients. The proposed site is located at the Dundas and Thornton Rd. plaza where regional manager for Toron- to area, Peter Ross says he is "hoping to double the size of the public search area." The targeted occupancy date is Aug. 31, 1987. The necessity for larger premises has been longstanding, as Gord MacKay, Durham land registrar, states that "the office has been overcrowded for six or seven years." During this period, the volume of clients increased rapidly until the government received a complaint about the problem from a client in January this year. The area was inspected by the fire department and Governments Safety Council, and they decreed that the number of occupants could not exceed 100. Since that time, a police officer is on constant duty at the entrance to keep the volume of Durham's fastest growing gover- nment office under the maximum. For the past three years, a tent has been erected outside the Centre St. office at the end of each month to accommodate additional clients. Still, the problem remained and MacKay reports that at the end of May this year, the building was filled to the maximum while 75 clients waited outside in a line. MacKay lays blame for in- creasing demand for use of the of- fice on the current housing boom, and the fact that the GO train ex- tensions "make this area more at- tractive, busier." He says he receives approximately four development plans a week from contractors wanting to construct subdivisions. The Dundas-Thornton location will be used for three years during which a permanent site for the of- fice will be constructed. Ross reports that a site has been iden- tified across from the Region of Durham office on Rossland Rd. in Whitby. The Ministry of Government Ser- vices has been given approval from the management board to proceed with the first stages of composite drawings and budget estimates for the proposed site. If plans follow through the office will open at the end of 1990. The new building will be 3500 sq. meters, approximately four times the useable size of the present location. The registry office where it stan- ds now on Centre St. was built in 1857, and additions to the original were made in 1927 and 1957. The future use of the office has not yet been decided. t r i CLIENTS WAIT in the shade of the St., the fastest growing government of- tent-like shelter erected outside the fice in Ontario. Free Press photo Whitby Land Registry office on Centre Three seriously hurt in Whitby crash Three people, one a two-year-old girl, remain in Oshawa General Hospitalmwith major injuries following a two-car accident at the Thickson Rd./Concession 7 inter- section in Whitby Monday at 11:30 a.m. Durham Regional Police report a Volkswagen Rabbit, driven by Leslie Bergstrom, 34, of Ashburn, was travelling north on Thickson Rd. when her car was bit by a pick- up truck travelling eastbound on Concession 7. There were five people in the car. Bergstrom and her two-week-old son received minor injuries. Her two-year-old daughter and her parents, Lawrence and Georgina Gill remain in hospital in critical Lance Thomas, 43, of Columbus, has been charged with failing to yield, driving with no insurance and driving witb no validation sticker. Police say the car, valued at $15,000, is a write-off. Damage to the truck is estimated at $4,000. Downtown Whitby MERCANTILE SEMI-ANNUAL GIGANTIC STOREWIDE CLEARANCE 20%-50% OFFI Entire Stock of Mens' & Ladies' Clothing SaleStarts Thursday July 2 - Shop Early for Best Selection 321BROCK ST. S. WHITBY 668-3468 * cA/ad't <T0ý - ft. f specialist in ail aspects ot tinger na rasnions. WAXING - TANNING - PEDICURES 1/2 Price Special with PAULINE NEW NAILS $20.oD (Reg. $40.0); Nail Fills $9.00 (Reg. $18.0)° TANNING SPECIALS.TILL JULY 31 11 sessions - 35.00/(reg 49.0) 209 DUNDAS ST.E. (across from post office) 668-7446 Announcing the opening of our 2nd location at the European Women's Health Club, Whitby. Appointments restricted to members only! 666-4540 I - 5 Ll vaa a'a!il il~ ffl à4l