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Zz THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2004 Mother Nature calls shots on snow clearing... Continued from page I one owned by Halton, but used by the Town. Drewlo said without that truck, they are down to nine tandem trucks, seven single- axle trucks, four small trucks and two graders, along with sidewalk clearing equipment. During budget talks, staff warmed without the truck they might have to lease or rent a truck because the delivery date on the new vehicle is six- to-eight months. He said the Town almost doubled the number of kilome- tres of sidewalks it is clearing DR. TIMOTHY PELOSO Rockwood Family Chiropractic & Massage Therapy TT ML ROD) from Dr. Tim, Daphne & Sylvia (rut) It's far easter to stay well than to get well. 118 Alma Street, Rockwood Ey Mb Ay 2.) HALTON HILLS Working To 'PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE Reconstruction of Victoria Avenue (Acton) her Working for You! Projects: P-2004-C-25 & PR-2220 Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 Time: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Place: Halton Hills Civic Centre Esquesing Room 1 Halton Hills Drive The Town of Halton Hills is proposing to reconstruct Victoria Avenue which will include excavation, new road base, storm sewers, concrete curbing, sidewalks, asphalt and sodded boulevards. In conjunction with the above work, the Regional Municipality of Halton is proposing to replace the existing watermain and sanitary sewer including new services to streetline. This Public Information Centre will provide you with an opportunity to review the project drawings and to discuss the proposed works with representatives from the Region of Halton and the Town of Halton Hills. Interested persons are invited to drop in any time during the above-noted hours to review and com- ment on the proposed works. If you are unable to attend this Public Information Centre and wish to obtain additional information or provide written comments, please address your concerns to: Ron Goddard, C.E.T. Mark Bajor, C.E.T. Manager of Capital Works -- Design Supervisor 905-873-2601 Ext.2310 1-866-442-5866 Ext.7617 rong@haltonhills.ca bajorm@region.halton.on.ca | Location of Subject Lands | - ------ €HURCH "STREET WEST Project Site é fared e BROCK STREET KGNESS : 5 : = 2 ait a s-- COBBLERILE ROAD 4 rT 3 mystepedinese mi Prem 4 1 Halton Hills Drive, Halton Hills, ON L7G 5G2 this year in Acton to 19, but it has been a "difficult" winter so far, equipment-wise, because they are using back-up equip- ment on a full-time basis. "Tt's not doing the job and it's not doing it fast enough," Drewlo said, adding this year's budget includes a re- quest for new sidewalk clearing equipment. Snow and ice is cleared from sidewalks, once 15-cen- timetres has accumulated, on arterial and collector roads with an average daily traffic count of over 1,000 vehicles, and on streets with schools, and on walkways that connect to collector, arterial roads and those with traffic vehicle counts over 1,000. Once it stops snowing and a minimum eight-centimeters has fallen, the Town deploys staffand equipment within 48 hours. Icy sidewalks will be sanded or salted within 48 hours. During the winter, a works su- pervisor checks several times daily with Environment Canada, MR. PLOWS: Town crews have been busy clearing snow from Acton streets for the past few weeks. Scenes like this one at the corners of Church and Willow Streets have been common place.- Danielle MclIsaac photo. a Regional weather source and the Intemet for the latest forecast, and adjusts staffing levels to meet winter control standards set by Town Council. Last year, 41,252- kilometres of road were cleared, using 2,337 staff hours. Before ploughing a road, rock salt is laid down to melt the snow as it falls, leaving a layer of brine, or salt, on the road that stops the snow from Margaret lutzi 1.B.A. Certified Personal Trainer ¢ fll TO BE TRIED In-home Personal Fitness Training Great gift for your Sweetie for Valentine's Day! miutzi@symaptico.ca Rockwood (519) 831-3221 (Cell) packing and becoming ice. Once it turns to slush, the road is ploughed. On heavily traveled class one roads -- like the former Highway 25-- minimum stand- ards call for a bare road surface within two hours of the end of the storm. A class two road or residential street must be cleared within four hours. Class three roads, hardtop ru- ral roads and urban side streets, must be ploughed with six hours and sanded within 18 hours. Some of the snow removed from Acton's downtown, mu- nicipal parking lots and school bus loading zones is disposed of at the Acton works yard on Commerce Crescent, but most is trucked to a snow dump fa- cility at the main works yard in Georgetown. Councillors approve Giant new Loblaws Loblaws has Town Coun- cillors' approval for a huge, new format supermarket on the Dominion Gardens property in Georgetown. The approval, with pages and pages of conditions, means Loblaws will close its current store in the Gloams Flowers & Gifts Make ita dozen reasons a why she loves yOu On Valentine's Day (February 14th) A Wate ema Velma pelo I Te over $20.00 RECEIVE A FREE GIFT Georgetown Market Place, which it will sub-lease to a non-food store for the 10- year balance of its lease. 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