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Truckers complain about being banned from roads If they are banned from the Fourth Line and Sideroad truck drivers hauling for Indusmin could lose as much as a day Halton Hills works committee was told Monday night A delegation of truckers lead by Jim Lime- house presented a petition with signatures of local truckers protesting plans to institute weight restrictions on the two middle roads They asked the road receive proper and regular attention so they can use them safely at a reasonable cost and with minimum fuel consumption The rerouting of traffic via Koad road Highway to High said the region or province He urged the region bring way through Acton or via should supply a proper road and 15 Slderoads up to t Line to IS for the truckers to use standard so the trucks can through Stewarttown In explained they use them creases unnecessarily the t be using town roads Mayor Tom Hill pointed out distance and cost of our since they are costly to the region is considering operation and would in fact continually repair He turning all of Its roads over to oppose citizens to truck pointed out nickel the area municipalities fie their petition said operation has gone through Councillor Peter Bessey said the truckers government induced hard said the town want have been using 17 Sideroad ever since they got kicked out of Acton and warned if they are forced to go back to the Acton route there will be many complaints from residents Councillor George Maltby said there is no reason for the truckers to go into Acton since they can go down High way to Steeles Avenue He and always makes a put anyone out or business profit and so will the quarry and noted the truckers will be able to haul gravel by The town has invested the shortest route within more in mj these Hills roads than Indusmin has paid it is up to the region in tuxes He said to supply a proper road to has become a liability to the town instead of an asset said the longer route must be viewed simply as a penalty for doing business industrial and operations Seven appraisers at Actons hydro office urged the truckers Indusmin to go to the region and push for a proper road and added the Fourth 1 should be a regional road warned if the truckers can t use 17 the firm will lose contracts In places such as Brampton He said a lot of stone is being taken to Georgetown too Seven appraisers are working out of the Ontario Hydro office on Mill dealing with the acquisition of property for the Bradley to Milton hydro line in the section from Colbeck to just north of the Halton Hills Erin town line Preliminary appraisals are being followed now by complete appraisals There are properties involved and each appraisal takes about 25 hours Blarney is negotiator and is here from Toronto one or two days a week Expropriation of the next section of the line which passes Just by Alton is not yet approved Hydro has recently revised its acquisition policies and eopies of this policy have Councillor Manned wants extra money regional councillor Is there any way lo pay Laurie Mannell would like to stipend of so much see those councillors who give meeting he asked a little extra effort receive something extra in remuner At Fridays Bill 151 com mittee meeting Councillor wondered if there was any way to reward those councilors who serve on com mittees over and above their agend hands Mike Armstrong gone out to ail involved Mr bylaw being pre- explains Under pa and l committee will conditions Hydro will examine it He promised I the now negotiate to purchase in truckers concerns would be entire firm taken into account adding It In further north be possible to allow them j some farms are almost en to truck on any road as long MO severed by the line is the delivery is In this the engineers Hills to keep the lines at the bick of firms so there is said alter less lo the properly peeled he kind of negative reception they got Final meeting The Acton Business Improvement Area held their July executive meeting this week The August meeting will be cancelled and the group will gather September In the meantime any concerns can be laken to any member of the executive Asking ban A deposit on whiskey bottles The Valley Conservation Authority thinks there should be Also live cent return on pop cans and a ban on all non return able containers They will join the I Trent Region Conservation Authority in sending a resolu lion to this effect to the Mm of the Environment The Acton Press Wednesday 1977 3 Motor Vehicle License Office NOW LOCATED AT 3 Victoria Ave MILL STREET ENTRANCE OFFICE HOURS 9am to 30 and 30 to 6 Tuesday thru Saturday FIREFIGHTERS and employees of Frank Heller and Co Frederick St put out flames on the roof of the building last Friday morning ibo the market value of that is his policies which in elude disturbance allow ince should ill be done by mid September but will be going on until the spring he expects He says one problem with working the hardest would get something for their efforts expropriation was that instead of receiving the same people called on them When a strip of land Mr says of the residents trying he price paid ends up far to the trucks off the roads says he can t understand the fuss about the expense when Indusmin SI million profit list vear in roof fire There was no damage to the roof of Frank Heller and Company plant Friday morn ing according to fire chief Mick Holmes Reports say the roof was on tire and some debris is smouldering when Acton Vol firefighters arrived on the scene The ANON FAMILY GROUP The Acton Mondays Edward Hisaki DDS Dip MSc wishes to announce the opening of his office for the practice of Orthodontics at The Milton Mall 55 Ontario St South Suite Milton Ontario Office Hours By Appointment Telephone 878 2874 Milton Georgetown amount of money councillors who look over the wave their during the Strip powers Continued from page Mayor Barrett said under the old system they never had any troubles solving problems that overlapped with another municipality Mayor Gordon felt soft services such as police en force en social family and health services could be better maintained at the regional level The other councillors were in agreement with him Councillor Mannell agreed that the police force has been better since amalgamation but he added if a service can be done better at the municipal level then It should remain there Mayor Garrett said that under the original concept of regional government local officials were told it was in to strengthen the autonomy of local munici pa lilies through social But he said the tying in of the hard services was im practical It geographically impos he said You cant make water Mayor Barrett said the number of complaints about hard services have multiplied since the regional takeover The operation of the regional roads he felt was the best example of government duplication It s absolutely ludicrous to have two sets of road buildings he said Mayor Barrett said he was in favor of abolishing the regional road system and distributing its assets to those areas such as Hills and Milton which need the equipment Mayor Barrett said he recognized Milton was a small area with many roads but he felt some farm of equalization formula could be worked out The councillors agreed that a regional planning board was needed but disagreed on the format and the extent of powers it should have Mayor Gordon felt it would be to adopt a resolution similar to what John recommended for Metro Toronto In his Report of the Royal Commission on Metro politan Toronto Mahor Gordon mended deferring the plan recommendation until all the councillors could read the section on planning report of the Now one person makes contact with property owning family he explained Me evervthmg is pro ceeding fairly normally with no problems j Most people arc easy to gel with he says CARPET CORNER 11 MAIN ST NORTH ACTON 8533620 You Headquarters in Halton Hills for CARPETING CUSHION FLOORING DRAPERIES CERAMIC TILES Summed 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