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... five years, and so far they have received only empty promises and assurances. Now the people of Aldershot are not only concerned but their patience is exhausted. They have received assistance from the local and provincial police as well as the Township Council, but the problem is getting beyond them, and therefore they are now enlisting Mr. Connell's help. Mr. Pinhay also pointed out that there had been seven fatalities in the last six months, and accidents too numerous to mention in the area between Wolfe Island and Campbell's Corners. Inspector D. Darby, of the Dundas Provincial Police, outlined the Department of Highway's stand on designating built-up areas, and pointed out the impossibility of enforcing the 30-mile-an-hour speed limit in short stretches of highway. He stated that their were eight short distances from the Mausoleum curve to Campbell's Corners where the 30-mile limit was legal. In order to enforce the 30-mile limit all through Aldershot the status would have to be changed to that of a police village. Councillor Jack Easterbrook expressed the opinion that the Department of Highways had discretionary powers to designate Aldershot as a built-up area by a simple amendment to the Highways Act. He said that since Aldershot was built up before the four-lane speedway was put through, the responsibility rests with the department to control traffic through it. Concern was expressed for the lives of some 600 children who will be crossing No. 2 Highway in September to attend the four schools in the area. Mr. Connell asked the meeting, "As a unit tonight, do you feel that it is the responsibility of the Department of Highways to get your children across the highway safely?" Mr. Easterbrook replied, "Yes, they (the department) created the problem." Robert Hoey, chairman of the School Board, pointed out also that the schools were there before the Queen Elizabeth Highway was put through. Asked whether he would care to send his own children across No. 2 Highway to school, Mr. Connell replied, "I would not. I wouldn't want them to cross No. 5, let alone No. 2 as it is now. Mr. Connell asked the meeting for its suggestions, and was told that Aldershot residents would like the 30-mile speed limits made legal and enforced from Wolfe Island to Campbell's Corners, and that they saw an urgent need for either manually operated stop lights at the schools, or underpasses.