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Approve final hydro corridor link In a year and a halt the moat visible consequence of the Ontario government go ahead on the Bradley Georgetown hydro corridor will be a long line of steel towers carrying volts down the centre of Hal ton Hills Students In the new Acton high school on Churchill Road North will be able to see the towers Residents in the yet to be subdivision between the fourth and fifth lines will also see them Driver on Highway will pass under the high voltage transmission lines between Acton and Georgetown The wide swath is newsworthy Mr said in essence he inherited many of the difficulties encountered in making a decision on the con troversial corridor and he had never been in a position to order an independent study of the corridor as requested by the Interested Citizens Energy Minister Group ICG representing made the announcement at a owners alone the full conference at Queen s length of the corridor ark Wednesday afternoon The Energy Minister said twinning the approval with he had been told by the ICG Ontario s proposal for an hat a study of the entire alternative method of pricing corridor could be done in domestic crude oil a subject three months and they would which representatives of the abide by the decision of an daily media found more independent body But Tim Timbrel tells Reed brelf said he did not believe that length of time would be sufficient He claimed It would take from months to three years to make an in dependent study and this near Lime house veer west towards Milton where the power brought from the Bruce nuclear generating station will be Sped to the energy voracious Toronto would tost taxpayers millions of dollars in delays In the availability of full power from the third generating unit a I Bruce A station Mr said he had to balance his responsibilities and he could not consider a study because of his res to the power users of Ontario to use existing hydro corn don from Brace to Essa would also take considerable time years and cause people in Colhngwood and other dismayed over It would put us back in Square One the Minister said claiming the existing route suggested by the Hearing Board was only a line of wooden poles on a 100 Toot corridor The gist of his report says Ontario hydro began pre liminary planning for a transmission line from the Bruce generating station to transmit power to the Toronto in 1971 Mr Timbrell said The selected route received government in principle In January Solandt was ap pointed to study the proposed to Pickering corridor The decision was made in 1972 to defer con and to undertake an environmental study for the Bradley Georgetown line Solandt made a key decision when he mended two separate cross ings of the Escarpment for system security purposes- one for the to Pickering line along the Highway corridor and a second crossing for the Bradley Junction to the Milton Substation line at Dr Solandt greed with the arguments that there should be a com pletcly new corridor into the Toronto area In July 1074 the Govern damage to the environment In order to ensure that every thing possible is done In this area the Ministry of the Environment will monitor Hydro environmental prac ice in the implementation of the Hearing Board a environ mental recommpndatlons In this task they will be sup ported by the Ministries of Agriculture and Food and Natural Resources as required ment announced its to me of sreconi property owners along h transmission line corridor It will establish local offices when the con of the Nandcoke to Pickering line and one Bradley Georgetown line via the crossing of the Escarpment to the Milton u Substation was approved Study delay will cost millions Energy Minister Dennis is not happy with a I am v ell aware the press release issued by release continues since 1 Burlington transcripts of the Julian Reed in answer to a St committee that you speech Mr Timbrell made to have mc limt the nominating convention of comments and put questions Progressive Con lnls subject but I repent servatives recently Mr has issued another press release in rebuttal to the Burlington remarks The most recent release concerns the controversial Bradley Junction to George town hydro corridor I believe trie second paragraph of your press release is most misleading Timbrell tells Reed You refer to remarks made by my predecessor in the Ministry of Energy the Honorable and try to leave the pression Mr MeKeough was referring to the whole of the Georgetown Bradley route when MeKeough said in the house that no route could be adequately justified unless the whole area was studied and documented taking into account all the environmental and other factors Involving the public said Reed remarks were out of context and claims this was sub stantiated when he read pages and 5265 of Han sard that this is the case Mr MeKeough was answer a Question from the for Member for York Centre Mr Deacon with res to the section of the Bradley Georgetown trans mission line travels between points and tolbeck lo Limehouse With regards to my comments on your relative silence I think you would have to agree that in no time in the more than six months that you have been a Member of the Legislature have you ever availed yourself of the opportunity either in the Select Committee on hydro rates or in the Legislature of Ontario to question me on the subject of the Bradley to Georgetown transmission corridor says it was to this silence I was re- to me not to of of the Ministry of As I indicated in a speech in Milton on the of March the lions nude to me by the in terested group led by DENNIS TIMBRELL Corridor no news Prior to recording Ontario Energy Minister Dennis policy announce ments last week cameramen and sat around the press theatre on the main floor of Queen Park dis I cussing what was about to happen Advance copies of the I minister announcements on I the provinces alternative method of pricing domestic crude oil and the govern ment decision to build the BradleyGeorgetown corridor had been distributed PAVING CO LTD ESTABLISHED SINCE T PAVING PARKING LOTS DRIVEWAYS PLAY AREAS TENNIS COURTS RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL Call for Free Estimate 8779366 BARRY CAMPBELLAREA REP BURLINGTON 634 INDUSTRIAL ST Two newsmen talk on he hydro question First man I don t think anyone cares here except Reed the fellow from Burlington Second news type And a few farmers Number one again I don think they care Media Mr Timbrell read out loud his announcements some pages In total for the benefit of the electronic media then he fielded questions The oil policy came first The minister or one of his assistants expressed by the questions on the ydro corridor At first most of the media a questions con cenlraled on the crude oil Every once in a while a member of the non Toronto press would stick in a hydro related question After a while the Toronto media seemed to catch on that there was more to the hydro story than a new dor Stories on the hydro dor appeared on Global TV that night and the next day In the Globe and Mall Hake your Easter Happy and Bright See Our GINGHAM TABLE Accessories SALAO DAYS A G tllrf set in wood tray 99 Ravers bio Gingham Plain TABLE MATS 1 50 Flowers on your Breakfast table Ceramic EGG CUPS with matching Salt Pepper Shakers 00 For THIRSTY DAYS A Gingham PITCHER Qt size 3 way top gfjlf strains closes 95 Gingham ceramic BUTTER DISH and knife wooden tray 4 Gingham CHEESE TILE with knife wicker Biscuit Tray 4 Gingham Porcelain CANISTERS large small with deep cork I lids From the Selection of Treasures in our ANTIQUE SECTION Victorian Bamboo Table Copoland SPODE Blue and White Bowl Italia Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany COMMODE on tapered legs AT AC 11 Main St South 3430 OPEN EASTER SUNDAY MONDAY 12 On June 1975 1 in formed the House hat the Hearing Board would hear the case for alternate routings between Point on the Transmission line near to Point near Limehouse That report was com pitted last December Since then many of the letters commenting on the expressed concern for en William Minn have been and vironmcntal impact and continue to be taken very cultural land loss and seriously I went on lo in requested that the trans diealc that faced with the mission line be placed in realities of very expensive some other corridor delays at the Bruce General ing Station I had to attempt taiiVw of people in thill was mdc to the urea tl the in niri by group of Mi of all ton en The Ombudsman found n the Province of J Ontario This 1 have tried 0 investigate such a do recognizing that it did not complaint fully meet the demands and or expectations of the lxpnJssd by group led by Mr matter I asked in that address lhosc reaction and put it you now are lny you prepared recommend else that he people of Ontario lhe incur he hundreds of mil ions will of dollars involved in property in part of the A m the en station while impact and dls several years taken with ruptlon of farmland Hydro the kind of study you are s construction tech suggesting mllt designed to minimize OFFICE OF THE MAYOR PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the t of Guotamala am without shelter food water and mod and is due earthquake disaster n recorded h story WHEREAS support for rel ces and reconstruct on desperately I r y Mayor oi the Town of Halton lis do hereby the week of April 18 1976 to be GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF WEEK and urge everyone to pari pale by but ng generously NOW IS A BEAUTIFUL TIME TO LEARN TO FLY Air Services a Ministry of Transport approved Flying School offers you a com Private Pilot Training Course This course is an organized Flight and Ground School Curriculum taught by Professional In in modern radio equipped Cessna 150 aircraft LET US PUT YOU IN THE PILOTS SEAT Phone Now For Your Introductory Flight lesson Guelph Air Services No Guelph where property obtain information regarding the line Those offices will be used as contact points Tor Hydro personnel Who ore engaged In property acquis lion Hydro a field offices will be opened lo the public for discussions on all matters re la ted to placement of the i clearly identify vehicle residence which in extreme Inm Preliminary engineering SnSeil will begin immediately tone stfon Boards fn lnnH report and Ontario Hydro will make provisions for either the relocation of the residence or compensation sufficient to purchase one of comparable quality This option will be available to any property owner who finds that the right of way crosses his land and encroaches on the living a red associated with his or her dwelling The Hearing Board four residences which may be in thit cate gory Because of the concern expressed by farm for the problems en countered in operating farm vehicles under transmission lines Hydro will maintain a minimum conductor to ground clearance at all points over the length of the line and The Acton Free Press Wed April BS In summary let me say that the decision to go ahead with the transmission line has from ex discussion and review In the interests of all the power consumers of the Province this project will now proceed the release concluded NOTICE COLLECTION All refuse normally picked up Monday April 19 will be picked up Tuesday April WORKS DEPARTMENT TOWN OF HALTON HILLS EATONS CATALOGUE Thank you Acton for your patronage Eatons catalogue sales unit will close permanently on April 24th After sales service will continue to be available on all serviceable merchandise