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The Vails - Julie, Jim and their three daughters - feel they are in limbo. Although their dream home will clearly be impacted by the project, Hydro One needs Ontario Energy Board and environmental assessment approvals before construc- tion begins. There are 62 properties in Halton Hills that will be affected by the proposed corridor project. Four be- long to families like the Vails, who will probably have to move. They havent told us that we are losing our home, but it is obvious from the map, and from what theyve told us, that our house will be gone, Julie Vail said at the open house. Weve lived in that house for over four years where else are we going to find what we have there? My kids are devastated, but weve decided that theres no sense trying to fight it, so well to do the best we can, but this was going to be home, forever, Vail said as she pointed to the map showing the proposed widening of the corridor from 175 to 200-feet on the east side of the existing towers. We cant move forward until they put an offer in our hands, Jim Vail said on Friday as he showed off their half-acre property, pointing to his kids pet cemetery, play areas and workshop. It is a horrible process weve been told they will be fair, but we planned to retire here. This is where we were going to raise our fam- ily and there isnt another property like it, so where are we supposed to go? he asked, adding this is the sec- ond time his family has lost land for the common good his grandfathers land in Tobermory was expropri- ated for the government ferry dock and parking area in the 1970s. Theyve told us that we are one of the four proper- ties that are profoundly affected and they will try to speed things along, but we really are in limbo until they make some move we dont know when we are going and we dont know where. Gail Brearley of Hydro One real estate said expro- priation is a last resort. The utility hopes to negotiate fair settlements with affect property owners. Brearley said construc- tion could begin in the spring or summer of 2009, if approvals are in place. The Vails said they want fair market value for their property, plus moving costs, legal fees and compensa- tion for the physical and emotional impact of being forced from their home. Emily Vail said she un- derstands that some people have to lose their homes to supply power for millions of people, but admits it is hard. My mom and dad are up- set it makes them sad and I cant help, Emily said. POWER LOSS: The Vail sisters, Emily (right) Eden and Claire, know they will lose the home they share with their parents on Highway 7, east of Acton, if Hydro One gets approval to twin its existing power transmission corridor that runs past their property. Frances Niblock photo Vandals set fire to a por- table toilet placed at the soccer fields behind McK- enzie-Smith Bennett School for players, spectators and park users just before midnight on Sunday. There were no injuries and no damage estimate was provided. Industrial fire Acton firefighters were called to the Jehovah Witnesss Watchtower on Highway 7, when an elec- trical box connected to an industrial dryer caught fire just before 2 oclock last Tuesday afternoon. They cut power to the dryer and an electrician was called to make repairs. Fire in the hole Police/Fire Report