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4 bd 3 MELANIE HENNESSEY mhennessey@ metroland.com IFP - Halton Hills | Thursday, April 7, 2022 | Halton Hills Council is 2 voicing its support for a provincial subsidy to help divert traffic — particular- ly trucks — off the busy Highway 401 and onto the 407 express toll route (ETR). A motion to ms effect was unanimously by local councillors Haein their March meeting. The resolution, put forth by Coun. Jane Fogal, also stip- ulates that the municipali- ty continues its strong op- position to the "“environ- mentally destructive" p1 posed Highway 413. "We certainly do have a congestion problem on the 401, and it needs a speed) solution," said Fogal dur- TOWN CALLING FOR 407 ETR TOLL SUBSIDY Graham Paine/ Metroland Halton Hills Council contends that 407 toll subsidies would help alleviate Highway 401, congestion ing the meeting. "But build- ing a new 400-series high- way — it might take 10 years before that actually connects from one high- way to the n She said the moreimme- diate solution, as proposed byaprovincially appointed expert panel, would be to incentivize the use of the 407 for truckers by subsi- dizing tolls. The concept was sup- ported by Mayor Rick Bon- nette, who seconded the motion. “If we can get the trucks onto the 407 and subsidize them, I think that is a win- Coun. Clark Somerville went on to suggest adding e word "vehicle" to the motion to address all types of traffic currently clog- ging up the 401. "Every car we get off the 401 and onto the 407 is re- ducing congestion on the 401," he noted. he motion suggests that the toll subsidies could be covered by reintroduc- ing the licence sticker pro- gram and enforcing $1-1 bil- lion financial penalties the provincial government can levy against 407 Interna: tional Inc. when fails to meet contractual targets. The resolution will be forwarded to Premier Doug Ford, Minister of Trans- portation Caroline Mulro- ney, GTA MPPs and all GTA municipalities. Freshly Roasted Coffee BY-VIhvZ-1x-Yo comm Colt] am DYolo)s Premium 100% Specialty Arabica Direct from the Roastery theifp.ca Buy online at BLACKCREEKCOFFEE.COM CRIME SUSPECTS SOUGHT IN ALLEGED PURSE AND WALLET THEFTS MELANIE HENNESSEY mhennessey@ metroland.com Halton police are turn- ing to the public for help identifying a group of sus- pects in a series of alleged purse and wallet thefts that have taken place through- out the region. Between April 2021 and March 2022, police say there have been 16 thefts involving a grou} of six different suspects they've identified. "The suspects typically target older 2 adults i in retail id. throughout. “the region,” states a police press re- lease. ‘SUSPECT 1 "In many cases, the vic- tim's personal identifica- tion number was also sto- len, and the tap functions of their financial cards te e fraudu- lent purchases.” cording to police, the suspects worked in pairs and distracted their vic- tims while shopping, with one suspect engaging the victim in conversation while the other stole a wal- let and/or purse. In some instances, police say older adults’ vehicles have also been entered while one suspect distracted the vic- Halton police photo Halton police say they've identified these six suspects in a string of alleged purse and wallet thefts. tim by loading their grocer- ies. The estimated total losses of these 16 occur- rences total more than $25,000. Anyone with informati on regarding this investi- gation is asked to contact Det. Const. Derek Gray of the 3 District Criminal In- vestigations Bureau at 905- 825-4777, ext. 2344 or email Derek.gray@haltonpo- lice.ca. ips can also be submit- ted anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or haltoncrimestop- pers.ca. S| 6S ae We wish you a lovely Good Friday and Easter! siircnrssan ™ “= YOU'LL LOVE OUR HOMEMADE Wi Sta aay Follow us on Facebook and Instagram IGEORGEVIEW.OP KITCH 4 BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER. Open for Dinner er and ane Ask — our fabulous macy if