Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), July 17, 1974, p. 3

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Hydro to march through Haton Continued from Generating station comes on The comparisons also ine im extended to the amount of lne B Georgetown will be concrete needed to Install available by me either type yards as Ontario will not be able compared to to yards of lo deliver all power being location for two BOO corridors go somewhere else v routes between Bruce and be buried underground or what have you but felt residents must accept the facta hat we must have In creased capacity ln the hydro rgy power cut Ontario control iffa due to natural disasters means we must plan for such as the tornado which sufficient supplies of it he destroyed lines at Seaforth told reporters concrete for the newer single at the Bruce Hydro have two system and electrical energy type Cost for the lattice complex said He pairs of lines from Bruce to is the only energy resource is while the newer at claimed there would be chouse to avoid single pole costs close lo economic penalty to electric power users of MeKemioh of between and of tK voar 1977 to between by lho llnCB not McKeough In a prepared statement says it Is critically power corridors through this Important that at least one area must not be excluded transmission line be Ontario Hydro has been constructed by the time the conducting a study to third unit of the Bruce determine the most ac but he also said the Bruce to proposal which was made concerned North Halton and Wellington county residents was also being considered The result would depend on further public hearings he said Every consideration was given to accepting the best possible route with the least damage to agricultural land and the environment Snow concluded He noted this was difficult in because most of the land graded one and two with he exception of some on top of the 3 methods of acquiring land Land required for hydro corridors will be purchased both by the Ministry of Government Services and Ontario Hydro The Ministry will buy land in the Parkway Belt while Ontario Hydro will fur chase land outside or the ark way Belt Three methods of purchase are being used the Hon Jim Snow told the press at a conference this week Outright purchase where cash is given for full title to the land which in eludes alt benefits which arc available under Hydro per cent of the price that would have been paid If it had been sold will be paid the farmer plus being paid for an additional acre for each tower situated on the land For example If the purchase price was an acre under this option the owner Mould receive for each are plus payment for towers The third method of payment Is for those who dont want a cash settlement and would settle for on annual Installment payment This will be based on the current bank rote of interest plus one Expropriation Act The land in can then be rented back to the farmer for one dollar an a a Where the farmer wishes to retain ownership and grant an easement to the current rate of Interest It could be conducted in the amounting to approximate Parkway Belt In a similar Every five years the fashion land would be revalued to JiiK The same deal for land fi S graced to Owners right to Ml The Acton Free Wed July School part of complex If Milton Council accepted control of the Richmond Schoolhouse it would bo the first step to the dismember the county museum according to Judy Goebellc a spokesman for the Friends of tho Museum The school was leased to the Museum Association by the Township of weya so It could became part of the museum complex and be restored as an school house for the benefit of visitors During a frivolous session regional council June 19 a motion was passed offering the building for sale to the town of Milton for cents Regional solicitor Noel Bates followed that resolution up with a letter to Milton asking which lawyer would be handling the transaction on the towns behalf Ironically the region does not and never did own the building The town owns It and It leases It to region The earlier resolution of regional council Is Invalid Mrs said outside the meeting that if the school was removed from the com It would be the first step having the whole museum complex moved A Joint committee of regional council and Regional Conservation Authority Members Is currently considering the fate of the museum complex The possibility of an takeover has been discussed the expropriation process Belt P way Ben wishes to sell his C0U bc w losing the time that would bc spent on expropriation Milton Mayor Anne Mac Arthur also expressed concern about people getting FOLK SINGERS The Muirs performed to a small crowd at the library Friday afternoon They arrived late and some people had left before the program began A jazz band had performed at the library July Detail hydro route received for casement the annual in would be based on gup between Highway the rise of the Ni a dramatic effect on the land Escarpment staying lo the scape ln tho Milton area The north side of the Fifth Side full Impact of the develop road in was announced lam Inst Township but to the south of week at Queens Park he Hilton Falls Dam The exact plotting of the rhp veers slightly Snow said the Ministry had mWWp ta d0 northward to back of the acquired most of the land for ill of the TTC a Barnes property and the new Bronte Park In on querying land rather than retain it with the disadvantages the Ministry will buy it all He emphasised this would apply only where there was an agreeable sale fair settlement She room with the Some revisions help farmers Whilo the location of degree and provided an op hydro lino through Is lion for farmers to either sell generally bad news for any out in entirety or continue on one affected represent with lho lands not directly of the Halton Federation of fected by the route Agriculture noted they pleased with some of the rev I slons mode ln the final route and conditions approved by the Ontario Provincial Cab inct i telephone interview agreeable manner and he felt government buyer Government Bulletin Leslie and Mamie Kella 114 Mill St won In the fifth draw Tor In the Olympic lottery Tuesday He felt the concern for reservation of farmland had dealt with more ignores Farmers Schneider Charles Ilubbcll Jr of Acton was the lucky winner of The government decision to allow Ontario Hydro a riant transmission corridor route through North and Wellington counties con firms the lack of interest the Ontario Government has in than it had in the early preserving prime agrlcultur hydro land said John Schneider i a Acton A Brampton hydro manufacturer Schneider has Mlddlcbrookn More power Bruce Schneider has Providing that financial Some would have only been In a campaign to arrangement with the SdtehSrtandMineclU land under the line In earlier have the route province arc made Halton teZ S tho He noted I0 u decision ty for approving sub and of Highway 401 between the iagarn Line and the Fifth Line In Milton between Main Street and the CPR tracks on the north side of the From he Milton former Station two corridors go eastwards one to and the other Transformer description of where the lines easterly direction Station The routes ore near will go The provincial north of the Fifth to the CPR tracks can cabinet has varied from the In the Town of either be lo the north or can Solandl recommendations in Hills the CNR rail ihe trnckB a number of places t Mlsslssauga T north south Transformer follows he CNR IghtOf way Ml the Station north through the side for a couple of Beverly Swamp on an thousand feel then turns existing Ontario Hydro right h0 on a diagonal of way and crossing High link way Just northwest of the i with The route through the The route parallels High- Limehouse area comet south way on the north aide approximately down the almost to lhe Ration Welling the Concession ton boundary Just cast of the of North just south Reservoir of the where The route then diverges the route veers slightly lo the east of the boundary between he Towns of Hills and sluUon former Station Is to be located In the proposed Parkway Belt In the Ninth Concession of Milton The Transformer Station Is to be located Just south of the Baseline Road in the proposed Parkway Belt with transmission lines going straight into the north of the Mohawk Race iiu a way but somewhat south of Milton to meet lhe east wesl the route passing corridor exactly where the northsouth from would how much their pro would be affected He noted many farmers would walling for more specific Indications of where the Hoc would run Both he and vice president Harold Middlebrook were pleased that the north south lihe had been reduced from a width of over feet to feet The government report notes that at some time in the future that 250 Toot span could be expanded to cover about feet According to Jim Snow that decision will depend on other decisions about other transmission lines further north Many not happy said many would not be satisfied with the route and some would be hurt by It The federations Job he said was to save as much of the better land as possible He and Middlebrook both felt the federation had offered alter natives and done every thing It could Neither anticipated taking any further action as a group McClure said hed warn farmers to sign nothing until Ihey were certain of the terms of the contract He said It might be best for each and every farmer to force settle to arbitration so that Individual negotiations one farmer getting a sub better deal than he others in the area Provided options Middlebrook was relieved to see the province had stuck to the parkway belt to a large mers option picked especially without studying a Bruce to Essa alternative is a clear Indica tlon they dont core about the farmers point of view Sch neider maintained Power and its benefits are taking precedence over eating In effect Hydro is telling Planners were advised at a regional meeting last week of steps taken in that direction As It stands now subdivision control and approvals rests with the route turns south over a greater amount scrub land rather than wooded areas to west of the raceway and also cm bracing some of northerly portion of the lands owned by the Ontario Jockey Club a a lo the raceway station parking lot Inside and of the East of the raceway the Parkway Hell West id then The combined corridors from the 401 and crossings then go south to Steel Avenue at which point a further Blight easterly in of the route is for lis entry Into the Milton Station beyond to Cherrywood Transformer Station the roule Is as recommended by HINTONS MIDSUMMER SPECIALS NAILS common appro lb to IK 2 3 39 65 uvb up DUMP TRUCKS twill by i BAMBOO POLES toprdno 611 W Lido GodnnJol Nov LAWN SPRINKLER annupU7Elidil in 1A llYlMt f a A J I ICE CUBE TRAYS 1 SAND PAIL BALL SHOVEL SET on BUN TRAYS I 39 PHENTEX YARN Bo hod LAWN CHAIRS Mir quill fton so HI NTONS TO SI STORE The that you battar quality a bcttw choice a lowtr an settlement is received In writing from the province THE ACTON FREE Author I as Sacond Mail Postal Registration Number0515 the government where the agreed to accept that people of Ontario are going to responsibility once a proposal Hydro to f fln acceptable financial HamiltonToronto axis in stead of to other areas of Ont ario Schneider expanded This means the fine agricul tural land below the escarp ment will fall under cement or asphalt Instead of growing food Then people will wonder why the price of food goes up with the best land for growing it covered with asphalt car pets or high rise apartments Public participation a complete farce far as he Is concerned He noted the many proposals formers had put forward to avoid farm land and suggested they might as well have saved their breath Schneider noted he was only speaking for himself with the remarks and a for mal statement from the Con Cilizcns of North Hal ton and Wellington would be forthcoming next week plans administration branch to go through the narrow of the ministry of housing The Planners 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