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4, OMroo WeeklY TMmes, Wednesday, Octôber 13, 1982 New transit Unes proposed for Golden Hors esho e area GM closing out one 1EC BRADFORD 1~x GEORGETOWN - m 1LTON truck shif t By: Julie Rzeczycki 1,250 employees of G.M. Truck assembly division, Oshawa, will be laid off on October 25, indefinitely, Sa far there has been close ta OSHAWA 2,000 workers who recieved ~n$ the ýboot' in the city of Oshawa. G.M. announced the layoffs on October 4, even though a twa week shutdown was in progress which had started a week earlier. spokesman stated the situa- tion as a 'disaster', the shut- down was a result of slow truck sales which declined 33.8 per cent, as estimated at the end of last month. Hall alsa gave no indication when workers mnight be recalled ta work again. WILLSHER Trustee Northumberland andi Newcastle Board of Education WARD 111 November 8th EXISTING GO TRANSIT - - .- EXISTING TTC TRANSIT --PROPOSED GO TRANSIT The above outlines the new transit limes proposed ta be completed over the next ten, New transit cars ta twentY years in the Golden Horseshoe area. It is proposed that a new transit systemn will be con- structed to provide a fast effi- cient service from Oshawa to Pickering which is expected to be completed within the next four years. The above is a picture of' tion, at a Cost of $60 million. Church. t.he Advanced Light Rapid The unit is expected to As well the couple outlined fransit vehicle proposed to transport passengers in 1'4 ta many usefui hints in ex- be used to carry passengers 20 minutes from Oshawa ta hibiting flowers and iromn Oshawa to Pickering Pickering. vegetables and had on Afhere they wîll transfer to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence display a fine exhibit of ,the GO train. Tink, R.R. 1 Hampton, were dahlias from their own The vehicle has been the judges at the Orono Hor- garden of which they iesignecfby Urban Transpor- ticultural Faîl Show held'Iast outlîned features of each ation Dévelopment Corp., Thursday night in the base- variety. in Ontario Crown Corpora- ment of the Orono United Orono-Newcastle- report on parking received The General Purpose com- nittee of the Town of qewcastle received a report rom David Qakes, Town 'lerk, relating to parking en- -rcement in the Villages of )rono and Newcastle. The ,-port covered a two month ~eriod from August l6th ta ýeptember lth. It was pointed out that the ~own had employed the ser- ices of Oshawa Securities ervices to enforce the park- ig regulations in the two entres. During the two month period a total of 136 tickets have been handed out. 0f this number 81 have paid their fines while 1l have been cancelled and 44 have stiulons pending. The greatest number of tickets issued, 71, has been for restrîcted area parking such at intersections which carry a fine of $5.00. There were 52 tickets issued for overtime parking and 13 tickets issued for pro- hibited area parking (hydrants, driveways). The fine for, the latter is $10.00 while that for overtimle park- ing is $2.00. Rapid transit additions (Continued from page i) day Inni when it will cross the highway ta, the north side of 401. The Advanced Light Rapid Transit vehicle that will run between Oshawa and Picker- ing wil be able to carry up to 400 passengers and wvill be able to make the trip fromr 14 ta 20 minutes and it is estimated the trip fram Oshawa ta Union Station in Toronto will take no longer than an hour. Passengers wiJl have to transfer from the Rapid system ta the GO train at Pckering. The ALRT has been design- ed, by Urban Transportation Development Corp. at a cast of some $60 million. As yet one has not be built but it is felt this is no problem. The Rapid Transit unit ta be used from Oshawa will be .three units linked together with the capacity of 400 passengers. lncluded in his announce- ment, last Thursday was fur- ther rapid transit developments in the Toronto area including a twp rail ser- vice across the top of Toronto and eventually a full linkup between Hamilton and Oshawa. These developments could be some ten ta twenty years away. The Région of Durham planning staff have estimated that some 25,000 commute daily ta Toronto but that only 4,000 presently use the GO tarnsportation system. The operation of the new proposed system is con- sidered ta be faster and more economîcal than other rapid transit systems. SA& I Rolph Dominion Hardware I 983-5207 ~1