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Your Hometown Newspaper Volume 10 No. 28 Thursday, July 12, 2007 THE NEW Newstand Price 40 + GST Halton Hills Hydro bar- becue launches energy conservation program. Page 3 Mannys Roadhouse may soon be church and restored to original Roxy. Page 7 Rockwood 856-2222 $69/WEEK 5YRS 2005 Smart Fortwo Pulse.............$13,131 TO ITS WORTH THE DRIVE ACTON MOTORS 8531280 2003 CARAVAN................NICE By Frances Niblock With no public debate, Town politicians paved the way for planning and zoning changes to allow the Acton Medical Centre to be built on a vacant parcel fronting on Church Street and bounded by Mill Street, Eastern Avenue and Fellows Street. Dr Nather Alshakarji, who currently practises at the Acton Medical Centre on Mill Street, plans to build a two-storey, 16,706-square-foot medical centre for fi ve doctors, a dentist, a pharmacy and caf Plans for a physicians residence were withdrawn. At its August 13 meeting, Council is ex- pected to ratify the Offi cial Plan and Zoning amendments it approved on Monday to al- low the proposal to proceed, subject to a number of conditions, including the owner entering into a site plan agreement with the Town, off-street parking calculations and confi rmation of adequate water supply. Planning staff said although a medical centre is not an allowed use with the ex- isting Offi cial Plan, it is compatible with existing commercial uses in the neighbor- hood and wont have a negative impact on residences in the area. Plans for new Acton Medical Centre approved Acton developers want their water Town wants to squeeze all its H20 LORD LUVA DUCK: When Elizabeth Drive resident Jack Carpenter forgot to take a plastic lid into the house one night on the weekend he was delighted to fi nd a family of Mallard ducks had taken it over by the next morning. Overnight rain made a neat pool for the ducklings while Momma Duck had a drinking fountain. Jack Carpenter photo. Whats Inside Todays the Glorious Twelfth and we look back to the giant parades. Page 8. Drivers using Glen Lawson Road be- tween the Third and Fourth Lines will be able to thank Miltons MSO Construc- tion Limited for a much smoother ride as the company has been awarded the surface treatment contract with the Town for this year, with two one-year options for a total contract of $804,420. Along with Glen Lawson Road, this years surface treatment projects include two areas on the Third Line, from Five Side Road to 10 Side Road, and from 10 Side Road to 15 Side Road. In 2008, Acton projects include Fourth Line from Lot 25 to Highway 7, and Fifth Line from 22 Side Road to Highway 7. In 2009, Acton projects include sev- eral sections of Dublin Line, Third Line from Lasby Lane to 32 Side Road, and Fifth Line from Highway 7 to Bridle- wood Boulevard. Staff noted MSO Constructions bid meets or exceeds the Towns specifi ca- tions and the company has done surface treatment work in Halton Hills for over 20 years. Glen Lawson Rd. being repaired By Frances Niblock The lawyer represent- ing the new owners of the Shoppers Drug Mart plaza want more time to respond to the Towns use it or lose policy when it comes to water allocations. Since water for develop- ment is so scarce Halton has instituted a freeze on de- velopment until additional water and waste water ca- pacity is found the Town is attempting to squeeze all the water it can from the existing sources, including recapturing unused water allocations from developers who havent used what they been granted. The Town identifi ed three Acton developments with unused capacity and they were given 30 days to ex- plain how they intended to move ahead and use their water allocation, or it would be reclaimed and re- distributed to much-needed industrial/commercial de- velopment. The Region has informed the Town that it is ready to issue draft approval to See Water Shortage on page 2