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Receives Canada Cord : gp - : Orono Weekiy Times, November 7, 1979 Claim "Super Con Job" on "Super US Highway" Mrs. Leone ! Lane of New- in the Sunday School room of Interested in the ceremony tonville, grandmother of Shel- St. Saviour's Anglican Ghur- is Mrs. Charles Gray (centre) ley Gray, Orono, pins oil her eh. Shelley has completed all' and Guide Captain Mrs. Canada. Cord at a Guide her guide requirements for Morrison (right). 1 ceremony held last Tuesday this award nresented to her. Mr. Fred Irwin of Orono, speaking on behalf of 592 petitioners against the proposed proposed 'Super Highway' told council Monday that the Ministry of Transportation and Communication had done a super con job in their presentation of their proposal for a Super Highway in the Town of Newcastle along Highway 115-35. He said the Ministry had not done its homework and were using traffic counts dating back to 1976 as to cottage stats and 1977 for actual traffic counts on the highway. "People living along , the highway know that traffic is down", he' said. Irwin pointed out to members members of council that within eighteen days 592 residents of the Orono area had signed a petition opposing the new, plans for the four-lane highway. highway. He said the people are definitely against the. concrete concrete barrier. In a brief run-down of remarks by those signing the petition Irwin said that William William Carman feared the isolation of Orono and that Sid Rutherford spoke of the devastation of Kirby and the over-serviced province. Mrs. Vanderveen spoke of the extra time for longer bus routes and the elimination of easy walking access into Orono. Irwin also said that Mr. and Mrs. I. Tamblyn referred to the extra driving time for people in the-, area and that the owner of Alice's: Place had said that most of the highway business was on Friday and not on Sunday. Irwin stated there was need for further study by the Ministry and that possible alternatives should be considered considered for the protection of the people of the Town of Newcastle. He said that in a . review of the Toronto to Peterborough Corridor Study it became apparent that the Ministry had not done its homework. He said there was no mention of safety in the study and the use of the counts of 1976 and 1977 were now outdated. He said the cost of 2 lanes from Ertterpri- se to Brooklin was estimated at $24 million not $200 million. Irwin also claimed that the level of service on 115 was acceptable and would continue continue until 1984. He said the only congestion on 115 comes tin Sunday afternoon and that was for only a period, of an hour and a half. He said the same conditions happen at the same time even on 401. Irwin said that information has it that even with the proposed six lanes on 401 to 115 that they will be overloaded overloaded by 1990 and he said there is no alternative proposed for this happening. He said that it was his opinion that nothing needed to be done for the 80s along highway 115 except more policing and traffic signals. "We feel very strongly that we are right and are supported supported by facts," he said, "our stand is right for the 80s". Mayor Rickard asked if he (Irwin) thought the fact that traffic oh 401 was sitting still at high peak periods was caused by the congestion on Highway 115. Irwin said 'Yes.' Counc. Prout said that he understood that the Board of Education was 100 percent behind the proposed development development and mainly because of the safety factor. Later in the ( Continued page 7) Region to go it alone on Pine Ridge land The Region of Durham has disassociated itself from the Town -of Newcastle as to the acquisition of lands for their use from the Pine Ridge School complex in Rowman- vijie. The .Region is requesting requesting the allocation of some eight acres to their use from the Ministry of Government Services £o accommodate the Region's future social services services requirements. This land does not contain any, of .the present bûildings. The Region is not.' interested in the 1 remainder of the land or buildings. ' The Region is asking the free grant of land being an eight acre parcel on the south-west corner of lot 6. ' In receiving this information information at council on Monday Counc. Holliday, chairman of a special Town of Newcastle committee with interest in the Pine Ridge School property said they had met with the Region but that the Region had decided to go it alone. He said the Town has until January 1st,. 1980 to make a decision and that his com- ' mitt.ee will have a report shortly for council. Splash pool now estiamted to cost tota l of $1.183 mi l lion Over the past four years the estimated cost of the SPLASH project in Bowmanville has r^sen from $625,000 to $825,000 ahd as of last Thursday to $1,183,000. The final estimated estimated price of $1.183 million was supplied by John Hubicki of the engineering firm of Totten Sims Hubicki. Hubicki in providing , the estimate of the cost of the project sgid his firm had onlÿ been given the work two weeks prior to last Thursday. He aslo pointed out to the joint meeting of council and then Splash committee that tender documents would be ready by mid November to call tenders and that tenders could be received by December 1st. Hubicki. defended his ébti-, mates with similar récent fiappemngs... RAISE $200.06 FOR UNICEF Students from the Orono and Lockharts Public School supported the UNICEF organization on Hallowe'en and it is reported that through their canvas and the carrying of their boxes raised a total of $200.00 for UNICEF. The p-roject was, promoted and organized by the school. REDEDICATE NEWTONVILLE CENOTAPH In speaking with Bill Clarke Monday he said the Newtonville Cenotaph which has undergone extensive repairs and revitalization will be rededicated this coming Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. The great granddaughter of Capt. Milligan will unveil the cenotaph in the rededication. An Honour Guard will also be present. TOWN CLOSES OUT MONTHLY JAMBOREE ' According to Bud Fanning, director of community services, the Town will no longer sponsor the winter Jamboree which over a number of years was held in thé Orono Town Hall. He Said that a local private'group may take on the project. « * developments and tendered prices. He said he felt that they would not be out very far in their estimates. The proposed complex includes includes two squash courts, an Olympic swimming pool and a whirl pool. Mayor Rickard asked if prices came in too high could • they * eliminate something from the contract. Hubicki said there was very little leeway to cut anything out of the project. The cost of the whirl pool, he said was only ,$15,000.00. Hubicki did say that the second f loor could be left unfinished but that would only eliminate some $10,000, or$15,0Q0. from the contract. A1 Strike, speaking for the fund-raising committee, said the special campaign had raised $327,000. in a period of two and a half months and he saw} this was remarkable. Strike pointed out that Splash now had $517,000 in cash and pledges with $180,250.45 being in cash. He said there were some 1644 people involved in the donations donations to iiate. 1 Council and Splash at the meeting on Thursday determined determined with the new estimates (Continued page 7) Its not Paul Bunyon nor is it the nineteenth centufy. Rath er its George Elgar of Kendal, supervisor at the Ganaraska- Forest Centre and it was (Continued page"