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/ PAGE 7THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, APRIL 11,2001 Durham councillor calls for avenue to cover road costs BY SUSAN O'NEILL Staff Writer DURHAM - Finding another means of financing the capital costs for Regional roads is essential if Durham is going to catch-up with the current backlog of projects and improve improve the area's deteriorating infrastructure, infrastructure, says a Regional councillor. Pickering Councillor and Durham works committee chairman Rick Johnson reports the Region needs to find another way to finance the capital capital costs of projects associated with the new Hwy. 401 interchanges so it can free up development charges to fund other much-needed projects like the widening of Brock and Taunton roads, which have been dropped from Durham's five-year plan under the current budget proposals. "There is an opportunity here either either to debenture or use other funds for those projects," Coun. Johnson said, noting the Region could recover the costs associated with the Hwy. 401 interchanges when Durham begins begins to reap the benefits of infrastructure infrastructure improvements. "That would free up enough money to do... other projects that have fallen off the five-year forecast," forecast," he said, noting several members members of the works committee are lobbying lobbying for changes to the current financing financing structure in the hope of accelerating accelerating the roads program.' The Region's 2001 Roads Servicing Servicing and Financing Study recommends recommends a roads budget of $19.8 million million this year while the proposed capital capital program totals roughly $100 million million over the next five years, including including more than $20 million for the Region's Region's share of the Hwy. 401-construction 401-construction program. That program includes includes new interchanges 1 ' at Car- ruthers Creek 'Drive 1 (tlie' ,r ieiiamed' Pickering Beach Road) in Ajax, Lak- eridge Road on the Whitby-Ajax border border and Stevenson Road in Oshawa. Coun. Johnson agrees improvements improvements to the highway are necessary, but said road work on the 400-series highways should be paid for through •pooling or from a dedicated portion 'of the gas tax. The 2001 roads budget also in- rludes a special tax, which is being •proposed to pay for 'rehabilitation' work to improve the condition of Regional Regional roads across Durham. - The works department is recommending recommending a 0.5-per cent levy, which equals $1.1 million, to cover the costs associated with preventative maintenance of Durham's arterial road network, which includes 830 kilometres of roadways and 208 bridges and culverts. "We are way behind," Coun. Johnson said. "We're not keeping up." According to a Durham report, an index commonly used to measure the condition of a road surface indicates, "the average roadway (in Durham) is in less than adequate condition." The report cites the harsh winter and increasing traffic volumes as reasons reasons for the deterioration. "For the Region to continue to attract attract new development, and at the same time, contribute to the health and vitality of its individual and local municipalities and the Region as a whole, it is essential that its infrastructure infrastructure be kept not only in a state of good repair but also improved to meet community needs and expectations," expectations," the Roads Servicing and Financing Financing Study states. The major capital projects proposed proposed for 2001 include work associated associated with the Carruthers Creek Drive interchange, the reconstruction and widening of Bayly Street from Shoal Point Road to Pickering Beach Road, improvements on Taunton Road from Church Street in Ajax to Brock Street in Whitby, work on various intersections intersections across Durham and the resurfacing resurfacing and rehabilitation program. The roads budget goes to council for consideration as part of the overall overall 2001 operating and capital budgets budgets on April 25. 19th Annual Oshawa YWCA WOMEN OF DISTINCTION Awards Dinner With Special Guest: Madame Justice Myrna Lack Superior Court of Justice of Ontario Thursday May Io. 200l oshawa Holiday Inn Tickets: SG5 Itc'ceplion: f>:3() p in. Dinner: 0:30 p in. 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Service with Special Music and / Communion "Resurrection Implications" Salvation Army 75 Liberty St. South' Bowmanville 623-3761 Good Friday, April 13th 10:30 a.m. Easter Sunday, April 15th 7:30 a.m. Sunrise Service - Darlington Beach Refreshments Following Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m. Small Group Fellowship Sunday 6:00 p.m. ü>t. haul's Etttteb Ctmrcf) 178 Church Street - Bowmanville Phone 905-623-7361 Fax 905-623-7786 Minister: The Rev. Nancy J. Knox Organist: Douglas Dewell Office Administrator: Helen Mclnnes MAUNDY THURSDAY APRIL 12 th 7:00 P.M. - Storytelling the Gospel of Mark GOOD FRIDAY - APRIL 13™ 10:30 A.M. EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 15™ ; 8:00 A.M. - Early Worship I followed with a pancake breakfast \ 10:30 A.M. - Easter £4 Celebration Service St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 47 Temperance St., Bowmanville 623-3432 Welcomes you to our Easter Services Good Friday, April 13 -10:30 am Guest Speaker - Dr. Dorcas Gordon Easter Sunday, April 15 9:30 am - Easter Breakfast 10:30 am - Easter Hymn Sing 11:00 am - Worship "Tombs, Stones and Resurrection" Rev. Noel Gordon Nursery care provided EASTER SCHEDULE St. Therese Roman Catholic Church 3800 Courticc Road North 436-2126 Pastor: Rev. Norbert Glasmacher GOOD FRIDAY, Apr. 13th 11:00 a.m. Service for Children 3:00 p.m. Service of the Passion & Death of Our Lord 7:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross HOLY SATURDAY, Apr. 14th 7:30 p.m. Easter Vigil: Celebration of the Resurrection of Christ EASTER SUNDAY, Apr. 15th 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Easter Masses CONFESSIONS: If you wish logo to confession before mass, please be there one half hour before mass. May the Life of the Risen Lord be yours this Easter and forever. PROPOSED 2001 ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WORKS DEPARTMENT PUBLIC NOTICE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Council of the Regional Municipality of Durham may pass by-laws authorizing construction of the following projects: Road No. Location 1/5 Brock Rd./Reglonal Road 5 (Pickering) 2 Simcoe St./Old Simcoe Rd. (Scugog) 3 Columbus Rd./Grandview St. (Oshawa) 4/14 Taunton Rd./Liberty St. (Clarington) 4 Taunton Rd. at Wilmot Creek (Clarington) 8 Reach St./Old Simcoe St. (Scugog) 8/23 Reach St./Lake Ridge Rd. (Scugog/Uxbrldge) 13 Zephyr Rd. (Uxbridge) 16 Ritson Rd. S. at the C.N.R. crossing, south of Bloor St. (Oshawa) 22 Bayly St. from Pickering Beach Rd. to Shoal Point Rd. (Ajax) 25 Consumers Drive from Hopkins St. to 160 m east of Thickson Rd. (Whitby) 30 York-Durham Une/Davis Drive (Uxbridge) 37 Finch Ave./Rosefield Rd. (Pickering) 37 Finch Ave./Dixie Rd. (Pickering) 53 Stevenson Rd. S. at the C.P.R. crossing, south of Gibb St. (Oshawa) Hwy. 2 Highway 2/Holt Rd. (Clarington) N/A Carruthers Creek Drive from Hwy. 2 to 140 m south of Chambers Drive (Ajax) Description Intersection improvements Intersection improvements Intersection improvements Intersection improvements & signalization Bridge rehabilitation Intersection improvements & signalization Intersection improvements Bridge replacement Bridge rehabilitation Road reconstruction & widening Road reconstruction & widening Intersection improvements Intersection improvements Intersection improvements Bridge rehabilitation Intersection improvements & signalization Widening and new road construction Works Committee, being delegated by Regional Council as the hearing body shall hear in person or by his or her counsel, solicitor or agent, any person prejudicially affected by the by-laws and who applies on or before May 2nd, 2001, to be heard at a meeting of the Works Committee on May 9 lh , 2001. Plans showing the details of the projects and the lands affected may be seen at the offices of the Durham Region Works Department. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS If you have any comments or questions or require any further information about the above noted projects, please contact Mr. Paul Foster at (905)668-7725 Ext. 5393 Entail: paul.fostcr@iegion.durliam.on.cn Dated this 27 lh day of March, 2001. Durham Region Works Department 105 Consumers Dr WHITBY ON L1N6A3 Telephone (905)668-7721 OR 1-800-372-1103 www region durham on ca Please Join Us GOOD FRIDAY 10:00 A.M. He Will Be': Our Passover Lamb EASTER SUNDAY 10:00 A.M. He Will Be: Raised Again Babysitting Available Refreshments after the Morning Services Traditional and Contemporary Music MARANATHA CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH I L 2805 Hwy. #2 E., Bowmanville Office 905-623-2192 ^^^|^^^^^Justeas^U3owiTianvill^o(^^h^oi4tl^ide^^^^^^^^^^ Good Friday Service April 13 th, 2001 10:30 a.m. Pastor JeJfShiplett speaking "The Day God Died" Special Music By: Rob & Esther Brouwer Crossroads Christian Assembly, Newcastle Nursery Provided Easter Sunday April 15th, 2001 9:00 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. Easter Morning Celebration Pastor JeffShiplett speaking 10:15 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. Coffee and Refreshments 6:30 p.m. Worship Celebration Nursery and Children's Programs Provided Liberty Pentecostal Church 1965 Martin Road North, Bowmanville, ON L1C 3K4 (905) 623-5100 Located on the N/E Corner of Hwys. #2 and #57 £\ new balance =* Proper shoes for problem fit. 2E MMiLl! K4MEK4 FOOTWEAR INC. 1615DundasSt. E. Whitby Mall 728-4197 ,ur ut sluts -U'.viw i.v au wows 74 THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME..." Isaiah 61 and Luke 4 The Newcastle Community Church Easter Morning Service Sunday, April 15, 2001,10:30 AM at the Newcastle Community Hall Coffee and refreshments before and after the service Nursery Care Available All Welcome AND A PROMISE OF A WONDERFUL EARLY MORNING SUNRISE SERVICE On behalf of the East Clarington Ministerial file NEWCASTLE COMMUNITY CHURCH will host the Easter Sunday Sunrise Service at 7 to 7:20 am down by the lake in Newcastle. St. George's Anglican Church in Newcastle will host the breakfast following the service in the St. George's Anglican Hall at the corner of Edward and Mill Streets in Newcastle starting at 7:30 am. Ir-fl Newcastle Community Church P.O. Box 20079 Newcastle, Ontario L1B 1M3 Rev. David Chisling B.A., B.Ed., M.Div. Office (905) 987-4561 or Minister's res. (905) 987-4384 Email us at: newcastle communitychurch@on.aibn.com ^ e -M--