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Region seeks details on possible dump site locations Durham Region's public works chairman is baffled about one of four locations Metrô Toronto is looking at as a possible lobation for a dump site in the region. The site, said to be oh the border of Ajax and Whitby but with no exact location given, has not been. revealed to Metro Toronto politicians. Durham Region works chairman Gerry Emm has also been unsuccessful in discovering the location. " talked to the chairman of Metro works and. he wouldn't release any details," says Emm. He says the site could not be in the northern part of the region because it would be too far for Metro to go and there are no roads to accommodate the trucks hauling garbage. He also says he does not know of a location in the southern end of the region along the border which could "handle Metro's garbage." Emm added that he is attempting to discover the location before a regional council meeting today (Wednesday, March 9). He expects that one or more regional councillors will introduce a motion opposing the site. Metro is now looking at three other locations in Durham, one near the Darlington nuclear plant and two in Pickering. AFTERNOON traffic from Whitby Psychiatrie Hospital vice Employees Union. The 850-member local i and Whitby General Hospital was held up on Gordon St. protesting government offers and is also concerned abou last Wednesday, March 2 by an information picket, in- a Coward report recommendation increase in employe cluding "Up Your Offer" signs, by psychiatrie hospital contributions totheirpension plans. employees who are members of the Ontario Public Ser- Free Press phol No agreement yet made on traier par] hnproved intersection or no gas station,.say councillors By MIKE JOHNSTON Whitby's administrative committee has told Soutiand Canada Inc. that if it i not interested in paying u? to $160,000 for intersection improvements at JeffreyIDl, Illier and Dundas St. W., the Town is not interested- in its application for a gas bar. The company has applied to construct the gas bar at the southeast corner of the intersection but the Town's public works staff wants the company to pay for improvements to the to intersection as a prerequisite for the station. Improvements include a median on Dundas and reconstruction of the intersection. SEE PAGE 2 BY DEBBIE LUCIUK A decision on the redevelopment of the Subway Mobile Home Park in Whitby has again been postponed to allow further discussion between Town staff and the developer to find an acceptable site plan-agreement. The park on Dundas St. E. was the subject of heated discussion at a Town administrative committee meeting .on Monday night. Town planning staff had previously proposed that the park be redeveloped on 5.23 acres with 62 units, later changed to 67 at the suggestion of councillor Joe Drumm; that eight single family link dwellings be built on a half-acre parcel; that one apartment block be built on 1.77 acres and one commercial block on 3.5 acres. Falcon Developments Limited wants to install il more units beyond the committee's proposed 67, thus making the number of trailers 78; no redevelopment; one commercial block on five acres; eight single family link dwellings and one apartment block. When public comment was requested, additional traffic on Crawforth St. was one concern of the 65 park residents who attended. If a traffic light was installePd at Anderson St. and Crawforth, one resident believed that the problem could be partly solved. Bob Short, Town planning director, reported that the installation of a traffic light was being examined by the committee. Joyce Dunlop, of the park's tenants' committee, stated that the committee wants the park to be first redeveloped. Urban roads, she said, are not necessary through the park since it is deemed to be a low traffic area and the cost of the installation of these roads would probably be prohibitive. Dunlop also questioned the proposal for park garbage collection rather than regular town collection. She added that a luxury park is neither necessary nor affordable, the tenants only wishing to improve their environment. The size of the lots was also a major concern for residents. The Town's proposal for redevelopment is to move the park slightly, retain the present 67 units, create more space and thus improve the park environment. Falcon Developments wishes to create lots for Il more units, with no redevelopment. The park's residents overwhelmingly opposed what was described as "crowding." Terry Pats, a resident of the park, said an increase in the number of trailers and subsequent reduction in lot size would mean the difference between having a yard and being packed in. Larry Cutty, another resident, commented that most new trailers are now much larger, three-bedroom and 70 to 80 feet SEE PAGE 13 Plant closing allows job search to 'really' begin The committee established to assist workers laid off when Whitby's Cadbury plant was closed "bas not been as successful as it should have been,"' says Jack Cliffe, vice president of personnel for William Neilson Ltd. which bought and closed the plant. But Cliffe says the "process," not the committee, is at fault, explaining that there was a delay in closing the plant which has hampered the committee's efforts to relocate workers. Cliffe and John O'Neill, a workers' union member on the committee, say the search has just riow really started. So far 113 of the 356 workers, gradually laid off when Neilson bought the 13-year-old plant for $6.5 million early last year, have found jobs. Another 137 have registered with the relocation committee, chaired by R.J. Morris, to find new jobs. Cliffe says another 15 workers are taking retraining courses, 15 are retiring and 26 are on longterm disability or compensation. Eight former Cadbury employees now work for Neilson in Toronto, an operation which, including dairies outside of Toronto, has a workforce of 1,550. Cliffe says opportunities were given to Cadbury employees to apply for work at Neilson, but most declined because of distance and cost to travel to work. , The relocation committee attempts to find jobs for workers in Durham Region. The Brock Stop reopens See page 8 Brooklin residents oppose urban invasion See page 12