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2 The Acton Free Press Wednesday July 1977 Second third of corridor in Hydro expropriation Hire crossing guards already for September Ontario Energy Minister thirds of the line which James Taylor approved is to bring power from the expropriations for a power Bruce nuclear generating corridor from to station to the Milton area Colbeck though several The properties affected are affected land owners refused to participate In hearings of expropriation The point called Limehouse Is actually north of Highway The minister decision dated June brings under expropriation about two- alternate routes The minister decision on the central section of the line weights heavily the work of the Solandt Commission and the Hearing Board meetings at Hills burgh plus what he terms several further months of The minister already has Citizens Group ICC ore public discussion i demonstrate the As a concession to the mini itudy by Hydro of sler Ontario Hydro has undertaken to acquire lands feet away from lis chosen path so the corridor does not affect four land owners and their neighbors on either side of a 250foot through Erin East Luther and hast Carafraxa townships given Ontario Hydro right to expropriate lands from the generating station through Grey County to Colbeck near Ornngeville That along the northern third of the line Hearings of necessity on the bottom third of the line through Hills are underway in Acton this week Opponents to the corridor in the south the Interested Bias in hearing Continued from residences along the pro- matters Hydro proposed a posed line he said the line site right along the CPU proposed would parallel an tracks and he the consul existing 115kV tine agreed with it Mosher said The selection of the site involved was from four routes the east changes and tangents hear west corridor could have Infi officer concluded taken There were others at he surrounding the least one of which would have ought ta before the committee To Milton via Highway 1 he hearing officer has no And they proposed the Bruce- to coerce one side or line which lawyer Mar shall refused to consider evidence or to tell truth In Commission Throughout the day long such that decisions Mosher said the proceedings Iht ICC Pare- proceed alternate was moved for adjournment rejected One reason was less terns security whch he could Hydro refused to not comment on come up with information he out of his ken Another lime hearing reason he said was environ J mental in nature Marshall hed along the Line of East Garafraxa additional acquisition by Ontario Hydro is at the recommendation of the hear officer Donald He was however bothered by the lack of submission by landowners The minister summarized the hearing officers position as follows There were individual objections and concerns However all the objecting landowners elected not lo give evidence and the inquiry officer was therefore into some of the in formation to bee if it was rele vant The hearing officer said that under normal stances the objections made by the ILG Paroian would have earned him an adjourn men But this is most peculiar inquiry We proceed not w the merit of our objections told Paroian At one other point Mtyrick said The public interest is simply must Wedding and graduation pictures and writeups w ill be published free of charge in this newspaper forms an d or further information are liable at Press Great deal of study not done Opponents to Ontario Hydro proposed kV power line across southern Ontario used Hydros own witness to discredit testimony given during expropriation hearings in ihe Legion day Art Mosher Hydro manager of land use and en planning told the hearing that a great deal of work went into system security for an alter of Hydro proposed route The alternate path would take power from the Bruce nuclear generating station on Lake Huron to Essa near Bame The route proposed by Hydro would take that power from the Bruce across the province to near Milton where it would tie in with another corn dor along High way Interested Citizens Group vicepresident John Schneider R 2 Acton led through an after noon s cross examination to show the great deal of work was not done on Schneider maintained based on a Hydro memo of November 1973 thi system security studj- instead on a Bruce to Wood bridge line who claimed hi wisnt qualified to detailed questions on security told the the total document is an assessment of the alternate ICG Schneider also got Hydro to find that Hydro route between Bruce and Milton is between four and 14 miles longer than the alternate route suggested by Ihe ICG Hydros preferred line is Iht second day in the rcsumtd hearings The hearings last Nov but were twice so the affected land could take court aition Ihdro liwcr Tom Mar he was not to present evidence to the which he did not feel important to the hearing Such evidence included in the suggested by We on Bruce The lawyer had liken that position tenia tuel on checking with superiors he confirmed it tor example Masher who is not system planner could not give about systems plan However many of the ICG LAWYER LEON Paroian right and On tario Hydro lawyer Tom Marshall seldom see eye toeye in expropriation hearings in Acton Legion The hearings continued today hich would pass through opponents to expropriation Hills is iou miles long Mosher said The Bruce line is between and miles long Bruce- Kitchener lint would be EG miles long Weekend celebration Church St N It was inches in length and weighed eight ounces He won a scale and roller skates The second largest bass was caught by Garry White eight inches three ounces He received a bait box and a record Anne McDonald of Church St won a bait box and a record for her largest catfish 10 inches long and weighing four ounces CJOY radio donated the records and the roller skates while firefighters donated the other prizes At night the Rotary Club and the firefighters jointly sponsored a fireworks play Fire chief Mick Holmes said he felt this was the best year as far as attendance is concerned The show got underway at m Security throughout the entire weekend according to merchant Alma Swetman was tremendous She said the Regional Police were pleased with the crowd in eluding the beer garden She dispelled rumors of trouble Friday evening and said the police were very pleased with the cooperation received from the public Both Mrs Swetman and Mr Ruse were appreciative of the organisers and the general public attitude and heir throughout the weekend Mr Ruse said the general public was most helpful In areas where organizers could not be every minute such as road barricades vice chairman of the Save the Town Hall committee explained It would be approximately one week before the final total of donations towards the town hall will be known He said the group expects some money will be made towards the cause The excitement has died down now and traffic Is back to normal almost Old man weather did not dampen any spirits and the road con did not Interfere too much with the goings on Money was raised towards the town hall everyone en Joyed themselves The people anted to know details about the system pi ins of Marsh ill he wis not prepared lo present systems planners it this The ICG Schneider got to truit a line could be built of Acton were given back from physic point of view Iheir identity they claim lo parallel to in existing 115 have lost if only for a few line from Bruce days Money was rained However Masher said it is towards the saving of the lnac He to build a kV town hall and perhaps the 4 most important item of all lhnn everyone participating in any was way had a very good time hearings continue THREE TYPES FOR EXTERIOR 988 GAL V TIME ONLYI SAVE ON A GALLON 1 ON A QUART HOME HARDWARES FAMOUS QUALITY EXTERIOR PAINT fully guaranteed HOME HARDWARE jbiolulilyl Nojfs flno quality pa especially for Canadian to old nnd exacting HOME HARDWARE Tllli Is a superior product at a HOME HARDWARE oven value now during groat 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