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COURTICE LIBRARY 11.02 62 Temperance St. Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 3A8 ORAL 150 YEARS RONO Weekly Times Volume 66, Number 20 $1.00 GST Included Wednesday, May 22,2002 Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 1937 mm wm w#-- ■ By-"-" , V - I | mmmn in < ■ ' mÈmÊËMMmËmmm * • " fÿ&Smm&âm Scouts from the West Durham District, and their U.S. exchange guests from Pennsylvania camped out last week- end at Silvanus Gardens in Orono. The scouts participated in several events such as log rolling, as part ol the weekend's Lumberjack theme. All-way stop not recommended at Mill and Port of Newcastle Dr. The Newcastle-Bond Head Ratepayers Association sent the Mayor a Tetter on January 22rid requesting a four way stop at the intersection of Mill and Port of Newcastle Drive. In his letter, Secretaiy Frank Hoar states, 'Traffic becomes very congested at school bus times, and vehicles travel through the intersection at excessively high speeds. An investigation by the Clarington Traffic Management Advisory Committee (CTMAC) and the Durham Regional Police, revealed 148 vehicles use that intersection during the 8 a.m. - 9 a.m. peak period, and 175 during the 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. school period peak. These volumes fall well short of provincial guidelines for the installation of an all-way stop. Speed monitoring indicated that the average operating speed through the intersection was 49.6 km/h, in the 50 km/ zone. - As well, there have been no accidents in that intersection over the past three years. The Engineering Department Department report on this intersection intersection states that 'Based on these findings there does not appear to be any grounds to introduce an all-way stop." When the CTMAC reviewed the conditions at this intersection last April, they made a recommendation that the Municipality investigate investigate the possibility of installing a traffic circle at the Mill Street ant Port of Newcastle Drive intersection. While Engineering staff did recognize the validity of traffic circles in certain situations, situations, they were not prepared to study that application for the Mill and Port of Newcastle Drive intersection due to the fact they felt there were no existing problems associated with speed, collisions collisions or visibility for this intersection. It was discovered though, that a percentage of traffic heading north on Mill Street are failing to come to a complete complete stop at the Port of Newcastle Drive intersection. When the Port of Newcastle Drive was being constructed, area residents requested and received a 'yield' sign for the northbound traffic on Mill Street rather than the usual stop sign. After a review of traffic safety at this intersection it was determined determined that a percentage of northbound traffic was not paying proper attention to the yield condition and were entering the intersection without without taking proper precautions. The yield sign was replaced by a stop sign prior to January of this year. It was noted however that a number of northbound motorists are (continued on page 4) Construction of the new branch of the Bowmanville Library is progressing on schedule. The $8.3 million, four story building is to be completed by April 15,2003. Work on the site on the west side of the Municipal Administration Centre began last August. The building which is adjacent to the Municipal Administration Centre, will house the main branch of the Everyone invited to celebrate our hockey town With the sticks, helmets and skates safely tucked away for another season, it seems appropriate to review and reflect on the many accomplishments accomplishments of the Orono hockey program during the 2001-2002 season. The instructional program, better known as "Mites", was a tremendous success, with our youngest athletes developing developing the basics of hockey under the direction of a dedicated dedicated group of parents. The local league program, in partnership with the C.R.H.L. and the Newcastle Minor Hockey Association, provided recreational hockey to over 200 Orono area boys and girls from Minor Tyke through to Midget. In addition to weekly games, many local league teams were successful when competing in many of the local tournaments held over the season. Several of our local league teams received recognition at the annual awards ceremony held at the Garnet B. Rickard Complex in late April. The Orono Leafs "Rep" teams spent the season traveling traveling to arenas in the Victoria- Durham area to represent our community. Each team from Novice through to Juvenile demonstrated sportsmanship and goodwill when visiting centers such as Haliburton, Fenelon Falls and Frankford, (continued on page 4) Clarington public library and municipal offices. The library will occupy the first two floors and mezzanine area. Municipal Planning Services and Engineering Services will occupy the third floor of the new addition. The fourth floor will include Library Administration and Clarington Information Technology Department. There is approximately (continued on page 4) Construction of new library on schedule