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Port Perry Star, 20 Aug 1980, p. 1

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FEA UMN ALFANES FECTIVE VMN fn Vite fits EA Aw eo LEN «et Y, . a » $ Li st PEE ra rer as bg (LAR A a Saran Oo har ar fF SRA Ll ! Vol.114 No.39 Wednesday, August 20, 1980 32 Pages A study by Ontario Hydro says it would cost $4.4 million to form an electrical utility covering all of the Township. The study by Hydro, which was completed at the end of last month and will come - before Township council on August 25, suggests that in = light of these and -other-costs = "there is no advantage to the Township forming an elect- rical utility at this time." The report was initiated at the request of Scugog council several months ago. How- ever, the results of the study take into account what the costs would be for a new utility for all the Township. The council had asked Ontar- io Hydro to study the cost of including the users in Prince Albert and those in the area bounded by Regional Road 8 and Highway 12. Residents of Prince Albert Ontario Hydro havé com- plained to Township council that the rates they are pay- ing are higher than the rates paid by Port Perry users who make up the Scugog + Electrical Commission. As well as the immediate Scugog will lose rep on Education Board Scugog Township will have one less trustee on the Durham Board of Education following the municipal elections this November. Scugog presently sends . two reps to the Durham Board, but this will be reduced to one for the next two years at least. The reason for the reduct- ion is that Scugog's total equalized prereriv ascoess- ment has fallen behind that in Uxbridge Township by a very slight margin. As a result, Uxbridge will send two reps to the Board after the next election. Uxbridge has had one rep on the Board until now. The change in representa- tion was announced August 14 by a committee made up of the municipal clerk- (Turn to page 2) Scugog Township residents Yvonne Christie and Jim Rider were among the many interested citizens who attended an information centre at the municipal offices in Port Perry last week to see the proposed who get their power from . Hydro take-over would cost $4 M. $4.4 million cost for buying equipment from" Ontario Hydro such as transmission lines and transformers, the study goes on to say that if a new utility for all the Town- ship was formed, it would mean an increase of five per cent in the rates for custom- ers in rural areas, and a 25 percent increase in the rates. for customers in Port Perry. In the following two years, the Port Perry rates would increase by the same ratio as the rural rates, says the report. Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor told the Star that in light of the costs involved, he doesn't see any way the council could consider form- ing one utility for the entire Township. Mr. G.D. Robertson, mar- keting manager for Ontario Hydro's Central Region will be meeting with council on August 25 to discuss the report and its implications. Although the report states clearly that there would be no advantage to forming a single utility for Scugog Township at this time, it adds that one utility may be more viable as population densities increase and new industry starts up. - Getting r eady for ey you-know-what With school only two weeks away, custodians at PPHS are busy finishing their summer cleaning program. The custodians, under the supervision of Jim Smitherman, above, have been busy all summer making the school spic 'n span for the students and teachers return. See story on page é. . Plans unveiled for 7A improvements A number of Scugog Town- ship residents took advan- tage of an opportunity to voice their opinions on the proposed Highway 7A improvements last Wednes- / LN <i) ET % F) » i / / 'plans for the reconstruction of 7A Highway. Although no definite date has been set for the project, it is expected to get underway within two years. Ministry planners are seen above explaining the proposals. LIKES | YA SERA) Pee day at the township offices. Ministry of Transportation and Communications representatives were on hand during the afternoon and evening to explain the plans and photographs they had on display. The contract drawings showed the proposed improvement of 7A Highway from the intersection of Highways 7 and 12 at Manchester, easterly to the old east limit of the Village of Port Perry. The plans include the widening - of the highway between Manchester and the intersection of Queen Street in Port Perry by approxi- mately two feet, as well as construct new ditches, improve existing intersec- tions and construct a side- walk on the south side of the highway in Manchester. Between Queen Street (at the Brewer's Retail Store) and the easterly limit of Port Perry the highway will be widened from the present 6.7 metres to 10 metres. The extra width east of Water Street will allow for four lanes of traffic in this area, giving two through-lanes in the centre with right turn lanes on either side. Existing shoulders along 7A in Port Perry will be eliminated by constructing an urban section with curbs, gutters and storm sewers. Also a sidewalk will be constructed in Port Perry on the south side of 7A highway. But probably the most noticable change to the driving public will be the improvements to existing intersections at the corners of 7A and Queen Street, and 7A and Water Street. At 7A-Queen intersection, traffic lights will be installed to regulate the traffic flow west along 7A and east along Queen Street. Traffic flow coming east on 7A will not be effected as the corner has been redesigned so to allow continuous flow of traffic to the east along this highway. Traffic lights will also become a part of the newly desighed intersection at the corner of 7A and Water Streets. At this corner, the existing island will be removed enabling another lane to be created. The addition of this lane, will enable traffic to flow smoothly east and west on two lanes of 7A while cars driving south along Water Street will be able to merge into the traffic heading west. According to a Ministry spokesman, plans for the highway improvements are now in a five year forecast, but expected that some work would begin within the next two years. FS il Ar PE WDA NAL SB oF SRO AAT GAN PERE (l,i EEE re Dt ry - Conan Pa "AM

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