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Council short circuits Hydro Representatives from outlining the route of the Ontario Hydro got the cold transmission lines through shoulder from Halton Hills Hills and would council Monday night when consider minor adjustments council members decided any maybe feet but not two discussion was an exercise miles In futility Acting mayor Em Hyde Don Horrocks supervising commented Are you asking project engineer for the something or telling us npthinn Hydro told council they something Mr said the government hod announced the route and he now wanted to know if council had any specific objections Any Would it make any asked Councillor Coxe Councillor Roy Booth sold the lines should follow High way all the way Mr said the lines must be feet from a high way so the conductors ore not contaminated by road salt You re more than a mile up from retorted council had submitted brief to both the Solandt Com mission and to the Minister The purpose of your being here escapes me If you don look at the briefs there no point in rehashing it now to Milton taking into account lot lines ana avoiding as many properties as possibl- Same as Have you made any changes or Is It identical to Councillor Dick Howltl said told to refine the line from Mr said he was the hydro route bock in asked Coxc the project engineer and Switch bothers ratepayers McKeough confirms route The Ontario Legislature this week confirmed the final route selected for Ontario Hydros hydro line which passes through central Halton on its way from Nantlcoke to Pickering- Including a last minute switch announced in July which upset some Milton property owners People in the third fourth and fifth concessions between d Five Highway SIderoad J the built up area of Milton had protested the govern s July announcement of a route switch game them no chance for input but their was unsuccessful week McKeough Minister of Energy released the detailed outline of the hydro distribution system and the line still cuts through that land No warning Scotch Block Ratepayers Association had protested the diagonal line running from Third Line at the CNR to the lot line between the Fourth and Fifth Lines north of Highway Earlier in dlcatlons showed the line would cross those concessions north of Five SIderoad We feel our rights to prior consultation have been sidestepped treasurer Mary Timbers wrote We had no warning that such a change might occur we have no opportunity to offer any input to this modification official description of the hydro line route was published as follows Where it reads North the name Hills was Intended Transformer Station north through the Beverly Swamp on an existing Ontario Hydro right of way and crossing High way 401 Just northwest of the intersection with Highway The route parallels High way on the north side almost to the Holton Wellington boundary Just cast of the Mountsberg Reservoir The route then diverges from Highway 401 to pass north of the Mohawk Raceway but somewhat south of the Solandt route passing over a greater amount of scrub land rather than wooded areas to the west of the Raceway also embracing some of the northerly portion of the lands owned by the Ontario Jockey Club adjacent to the Raceway parking lot Fast of the Raceway the route turns south and then cast to go through the narrow gap between Highway and the rise of the Niagara Escarpment staying to the north side of the Fifth in Township but to the south of the Hilton Falls Dam The route veers slightly northward to the back of the Barnes property and quarrying operation and then in an easterly direction staying north of the Fifth In the Town of North The route through the Li m chouse area comes south approximately down the centre of the Fifth Concession of North to Just south of the FHth Sidcroad where the route veers slightly to the east of the the Towns of North to the CNR railroad Central to meet tracks At the CNR tracks the route turns south and follows the CNR wiy on the west side for a couple of thousand feet then turn southeasterly to meet the north south link from Limehouse the east west corridor The combined corridor from 401 and Limehouse crossings then go south to Steelcs Avenue at which point a further slight easterly in of the route is made for its Stillon How lit said the report was not specific about Hills and stated It could be adjusted after discussion you spoken to local residents he asked Mr said they thought Ihcy should speak first to council Did hope to soy you he approval of this The Milton Transformer Station is to be located south Mr of Highway between Mr Coxc questioned the line i north after it comes between Mam Street and the hrmml CPR tracks on the north of the tracks From the Milton Station two corridors go eastwards north of Five SIderoad follows the CNR railway track angles east to Lot 4 then south to the Milton substation The representative said all alternatives were weighed in choosing the route Many restrictions Tom Griffiths another Hydro Bald formalitlc gets into Hills that mushrooms out from 401 I suggest we end the discussion added Booth summed up the feelings of council when he said the government the Hydro make a big todo Fourth Line and the Fifth in Central and lhc 1 chiming the southerly route was closer The transmission corridor enters Hills around Lot and crosses Highway veer north Your reason for not going along 401 Is not valid commented Coxc This whole thing Is exercise In futility remarked Councillor Roy Booth as he admitted the representatives were only doing their Job The Acton Free Press Wed October The lines will still go this planned all along way whether we object or not Mr said they only the corridor north of Five You re darned right you wen retorted Acting Mayor Em Hyde said they could go on for hours talking about hydro lines He apologized to the Hydro men and said he hoped they would not take anything personally Motion approved A motion by Booth and Hyde stating The representatives of Ontario be advised that council thinks the preferable route for the corridor should he adjacent and parallel to and the proposed route dots not conform to our position has been the thinking and desires was sin day He said endorsed unanimously by made municipalities and say they really want input but all they re doing Is going through Hydro representative Bald formalities It a lot of blah represent at Ives certain constraints had been blah blah When It comes be advise First right down It wc haven l follow with a minimum one bit of say separation of feet then Where planned told to stay north or Mohawk Backing up Raceway keep off the statement said face of the escarpment and north of Five past Hilton Falls reservoir and 4oi shouidbeilii corridor for the transmission lines All you ve done is put up the lines where they were the room The Hydro representatives OUR READERS WRITE Appreciation for road work Dear Editor During last winter I took up a Petition to have our straightened In one particular spot our road was narrow curved and steep On several occasions school buses were unable to negotiate the hill and had to be pulled out blocking traffic In the morning It seemed that was doubly treacherous because It was impossible to see oncoming traffic around the curve at the tap of the small hill I am writing this letter to the newspaper in praise of the Works Department and of Mr LenCoxL our Regional Councillor here In the past two weeks the 17th has been widened straightened graded beautifully For anyone who took part in the physical work involved wc of the 17th road the Town Line and the 1st Line thank you And to our Regional Councillor I personally thank you for I know went to bit for us with the Council and did vour best to have something done We all appreciate your efforts It job that been done for us Sincerely Mrs Kathcnne Fee Music at Acton fall fair In the Interests of music at Acton fall fair Let put Acton Citizens band hack the fair grounds instead of the beer tent would hope Acton Agricultural would hire them and pay them I would also like to see Acton on the fair grounds I object to the the com in the tiddlers Contest w re trtatid and that the advertising was wrung cannot play siring instruments outside in cool weather The players were dissntisified They also hod to pay to get into the grounds When a competition Is sponsored the can do is send the players tickets That is how it is done The players would also like to see the Old Fiddlers contest on not bun do j as has been suggested or next vear That Is when other places e theirs 55 mph Last years contest in the arena wis twice us good with seats for to listen in comfort At the Old Tiddlers contest one of the judges from thi Toronto Conservatory of Music said Tins is our Canadian He said this to in audience of people This contest has each year and the MC has been with them y ears The people love mmuie of it and come from all over and the States just to hear old music plaved Please keep as as adults should hive good sense could of us can afford to spend our To me music plays very important part in the Acton fair Let snot gel our wires crossed This music is our Canadian heritage So I hope lo hear lots of good all fair day Dorothy Rcurki Urges lower limits Regional Council wants speed limits on con trolled access highways reduced to miles per hour Speed limits on access high ways in the region range from to 70 mile per hour Burlington George Harrington spoke to the motion Indicating the lower speed limit would reduce the slaughter on the highways and conserve oil Harrington noted the mile per hour was in in some states in the United States He noted he saw no accidents during a recent 1 mile trip to Tampa Harrington said he could count on seeing an accident every time he went to Toronto Halton Hills councillor Ric Morrow opposed the motion noting lower speed limits were unreasonable The report will be to M P P Westinghouse HARVESMALU The best season to buy Westinghouse Extra Action Dual 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