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PAGE 6THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, MAY 7,2003 www.durhamrogion.com Off-road vehicles a safety concern for residents OFF-ROAD from page 1 through the tunnel under the 115, up the bank, then across public property to Wilcox Road," to gel to the Ga- naraska Forest. The area is very popular popular with off-roaders, he notes. "They say there are dirt bikes and ATVs coming from as far as Niagara Falls," he says. Coun. Robinson says he gets many calls from residents in the area, complaining complaining about both noise and safety issues. "We have to get a handle on it, because because it's a liability to us," says Coun. Robinson, noting the Municipality has written the Ministry of Transportation (MTO), asking that the tunnel under Hwy. 115 be closed during the summer summer months, to help keep the off-roaders off-roaders off Wilcox Road. As well, Coun. Robinson has asked Clarington Mayor John Mutton to talk to Durham Regional Regional Police, to express council's concern about the matter. A response from the MTO with regard regard to the proposed tunnel closure is expected soon, possibly this week, says Clarington engineering director Tony Cannella. Durham Regional Police will be better able to patrol that and other problem areas soon, as police ATVs have been ordered for the Clarington Community Office, says Mayor Mutton, Mutton, noting the possible closure of the tunnel could also help. "The solution lies in enforcement and what we can do with engineering," says Mayor Mutton. Police in Clarington, to this point, have had to make do by borrowing ATVs from the DRP Port Perry office when needed, says Clarington Inspector Inspector Tom Cameron. But getting the ATVs doesn't signal the start of any new enforcement program, he notes. "We're not going to be doing anything anything with them differently ... It's just that we're going to be able to do it more often because we have our own GROUP from page 1 last couple of weeks when the library moved to its new digs at the Municipal Municipal Administrative Centre, will be used by the Bowmanville Museum, council has already decided. Even if it hadn't already been spoken for, the Clarington Project would not have qualified for the space, says Mayor John Mutton. "The property was willed to us on here in Clarington," lie says. A number of bodies are working together together to come up with a solution, says Stephen McMullen, forest recreation technician with the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority, which issues passes for off-roaders to ride in the forest. "We've started looking at alternative alternative trails to route them another way," says Mr. McMullen. One group of off-road riders has organized organized the Outback ATV Club, says Tony Fanara, one of the club's executive executive directors. In fact, the group will hold an annual general meeting at the Ganaraska Forest Centre on Cold the condition that it could only be used for cultural use," says the mayor. However, he says the Municipality Municipality will help the Clarington Project look for space, and that there's even the prospect of space being freed up in the foreseeable future in the building building the group already uses. "We don't have any other municipal municipal building to offer them right now," says the mayor. Group needs space Kids can go fishing May 31 DURHAM - Kids will get a chance to try their luck in a real fish pond Saturday, Saturday, May 31 at the Heber Down Conservation Conservation Area. Oshawa MPP Jerry Ouellette, minister minister of natural resources and Durham MPP John O'Toole, will host the day with the South Central Ontario Big Game Association. Rods, reels, bait and instruction will be provided. 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