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No closer to solution after six months of talks Trucks remain on 17 Side- road and the town appears no closer to a solution now than six months ago when talks began with residents and truckers Late last year Halton Hills thought a solution had been found to resolve the Issue which has been raging for several years After several meetings involving residents who want the trucks off truckers who dont want a new truck route and quarry officials who arent eager to see ship ping costs Increase the town decided to use a permit system to regulate trucks using the road Truckers making ship ments in Hills and North Peel could use Side- roed Those going to South Peel and Toronto would have to go out and down Highway to Highway Truckers and Indusmln complained this would be a longer and mora costly route Engineer Robert Austin reported Monday to Him works committee that this wont legally work He noted It has taken a long time to gather together all legal opinions on the subject hence the delay in his getting back to committee Weight restrictions can be placed on the road he stated Special permits can be issued but destination of gravel toads cant be a factor in granting permits In addition he said policing truckers with permits will be extremely dif ficult He said his department will be bringing a consolidated traffic by law to committee later this year and roads requiring weight restrictions will be Included could be Included Austin said it is impossible to issue a permit on the basis of destination You cant say you can have a permit because you are going to Brampton and you cant have one because you are going to Toronto Once you issue a permit you cant control where they go Austin explained Councillor Mike Armstrong said the town can prefer and presume those with permits going to Toronto wont use Austin agreed this Is pos sible but added thats what the town has been doing for years with no success You can either have trucks on the road or no trucks over a certain weight on the road he said noted if the town puts on a weight restriction it will take heavy trucks off the road which is what the resi dents want By using permits the town can take people off the road who arent using the preferred routes by simply not issuing permits in the future he said Austin said this was true A weight restriction can be placed on the road and per mits issued to allow excep tions Those who dont follow the preferred route can be denied a permit in the future However how is the town going to know if a trucker Is following the preferred route He pointed out while the town cant charge a fee for permits it can demand a bond be posted or a cash deposit In Caledon bonds or deposits are required when permits are Issued and this money pays for bylaw enforcement officers and goes towards road repairs Permits are usually issued on a short term basis and not for year round defers separation Regional Land Division Committee deferred the cation of Edward Cachia for a separation of part of Lot on Concession 11 last week LDC put the bid over for one month to permit the owner time to consider getting lawyers help with the matter In taking the step the committee said It did not want to raise Cachias hopes All the authorities say no and theres nothing to commend It as a land separ ation member Morrow said Dine at HARROP OF MILTON 8788161 He explained another pro blem is Hills doesnt have class B roads anymore All are class A Those with weight restrictions arent Class B roads but something other than a Class A road Pomeroy said the town should Implement a weight restriction and then Issue permits Austin countered with How does the town decide who gets a permit and why He said if an ton limit is placed on the road there wont be any trucks carrying gravel on it legally but that will be hard to enforce Armstrong said inten tion was never to take trucks completely off the road and throw people out of work He said the aim was to reduce truck traffic Austin said it is impossible to reduce truck traffic on 17 1 road to make residents happy and still allow truckers to carry economi cally feasible loads Councillor Pal said in summation that the town thought it could control traffic ana direct it to certain roads with permits and now finds it cant Armstrong said there must be some kind of middle ground solution somewhere Austin said he thought an ton limit be placed on the rood and special and mean special permits Issued Councillor Marilyn Ser- jeantson noted special per mits would be verylimiting to truck traffic said the town must decide what it is going to do soon since if the trucks stay reconstruction Is needed and it must be Included in the budget Pomeroy returned to the theme that those going over 17 Sideroad down Trafalgar Road can be taken off simply by not issuing a permit In the future Austin said that would be difficult to enforce A trucker could get a permit to truck in town and later go to Toronto and who was going to know Maltby observed there Is no way to control traffic and destinawith permits Serjeantson said the town cant give permits just to residents either The committee also received a delegation of workers at request ing nothing be done to en danger their Jobs Spokesman for the members of Local of the United Cement Lime and Gypsum workers Barry warned taking trucks off 17 would put jobs in jeopardy He read a letter from union local president Bruce which said We must Insist council refrain from taking any action that would reduce our employment warned any truck route change could have an Impact on total tonnage com ing out of and jeopardize jobs Later said if trucks stay on the road there Isnt much sense in spending a lot of money reconstructing it just so It is ruined again Austin is to report back on 17 Sideroad when he brings the consolidated traffic by law for Hills The bylaw is due April 10 predicted It will take a year to pass the by law Triss Lett McKeough advisor seeks nomination Teachers strike they say No Separate School Board thinks its teachers arc headed for the picket line but teachers say nothing could be further from the truth In a release issued Satur day Halton Hills trustee board vice chairman and chief contract negotiator Hartley stated Teachers had elected to take Teacher spokesman Vern Butt says teachers have done no such thing Teachers dont want a strike and It is not even contemplated at this time Sherks announcement states the board teachers and an Education Relations Com mission appointed mediator met January and the board package He says the offer Included increase in pay and proposals for other disputes Since teachers werent in a position to cost out the proposal another meeting was planned On January at 9 a the board met with the media tor at which time the board was advised that the teachers had elected a strike vote Sherk states He says the application for a strike vote was made to the by the teachers prior to the January meeting What the teachers did on January was submit a form to the ERC which demands a final offer be submitted by the board Butt said A strike vote is way out In left field Butt declared He wonders if the mediator Jane Devlin is trying to stir up trouble to get things moving Butt says the board should have a copy of the form submitted by teachers to the and if trustees still cant understand what the teachers have done they need only refer to Bill legislation govern teacher contract talks says the strike vote call clearly implies to the board the teachers negotia tors were not willing to bar gain in good faith The board come prepared to continue negotiations He expressed shock and dis belief on the supposed teacher action since negotiations often bogged down since beginning la it spring had been moving along with the mediator Mr Sherk finds It difficult to negotiate when teachers fall to respond to the boards last proposal with other than a strike vote his release stated Butt called Sherk release irresponsible jyid extremely antagonistic release blames chief negotiator Bob Boyle who could not be reached for comment for the problems in negotiations which have now cropped up He wonders how the board can get its position across to teachers following Boyles request for a strike vote Negotiations have been stumbling along since begin last spring The mediator a Toronto lawyer was appointed in December Teachers have been without a contract since September An economist and senior advisor to McKeough Lett has announced hell seek the Tory nomina tion for the riding While Lett comes from a family of Conservatives and describes himself as a free enterpriser he has stayed away from party politics be cause of his employment as a civil servant In an Interview over the weekend Lett said that hed base his campaign for the nomination around the Issue of the economy Lett said the federal policy favoring tariffs and the anti- inflation board policies have led to a complete displace ment of what the economy should be He claimed the federal de ficit of some billion soaks up all of the money that might otherwise be available to business Even B C Quebec and Ontario hydro cor porations have had to go overseas to find funds be cause the federal government has absorbed so much of the money otherwise available for loans In Canada The federal government has ignored sound advice from groups like the Science Council of Canada as far back as 1971 when that group warned that unless the country adopted a small busi ness strategy it would lose Its place among the industrial countries of the world The government has lacked an imagination In its attempts to develop a small business policy Lett feels his talents as an economist accompanied by his knowledge of government from the Inside and his exper ience as a small businessman Rive him the experience and knowledge to make a real contribution He said the government had burdened the taxpayers with billions of dollars of debt when the government agreed after only cursory consideration to Index the civil service pensions He said federal civil ser vant unions had enjoyed easy bargaining and the most generous wages and benefits to be found anywhere Lett feels the government should follow Ontarios example In reducing the civil service Ho said the need for large infusions of public money has passed The baby boom has gone the peak of the baby boom population has passed by the schools and the need for hous ing has levelled off There are nolarge capital programs the country should be getting into Lett Is 30 years old grad uated from York University with an honors degree In economics in 1970 a masters degree In econo mics from the London School of Economics and Political Science in London England i Employed with the Min istry of Treasury Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs Lett was appointed Senior Budget Advisor to Darcy In 1973 A former OakviUe doctor Art Ross Is also rumored to be interested In the job The nomination will be held In April The Acton Free Press Wednesday 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