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PAGE 2,WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER il, 1985 WiIITBY FREE PRESS floads top list of Emm's priorities FRIEDSEAFOO WMEKEMD ECONO FAMILY PAK 9 pleces of golden frled chioken, famlly french fries, 2 medium salada (of your cholce). TH IS TH URS., FR1., SAT.& SU N. AT YOUR LOCAL DIXIE LEE 1017 DU NDAS ST. E., W-HITBY CALL ANOD IN QUI RE A BOUT OUR HOLIDAY CATERING 666-3324 "Perfect for uizat office party. Speaking ta the Free Press last Wednesday following his re-election ta a third term as Chairman o'f tbe region's Public Works Comittee, Mr. Emm said the region must make a seriaus commit- tment ta the mare than 5M0 miles of roads under its jurisdiction, and canvince the province ta fallow suit, atberwise every inch af regional arteries will require reconstruction within ten years - a prospect that is beyond the scope of the region's tax- payers. "One tbird of aur roads can get by for four or five years witbout Little change for conunittees There was littie change at the top last week as Durham Regional Councillors returned four of the regian's five committee chairmen, including Whitby councillor Gerry Emm wbo managed ta stave off a challenge tram counillor Lawrence Malcolm in is bld ta chair the Warks Committee for a Regional chairman Gary Herrema was ac- claimed ta a third term as Durham's top elected officiai and wiil head up tbe Management Com- mittee comprised of Whitby Mayor Bob At- tersley and other regianal mayors. Once again Jim Witty will sit as bead of finan- ce and Diane Hamre returns as Healtb and Social Services chair- Gerry Emm man. Bath were ac- claimed. The only new face this time around is Ne'wcaste councillor Marie l{ubbard who was acclaimed as chairman of the Planning Cam- mittee succeeding for- mer Brack councillor, Don Hadden who was defeated on Nov. 12. Wbîtby councillor Tom Edwards will serve another term as a member of Mrs. Hamre's health and social services team and briefly considered joining the finance cornmittee when chair- man Herrema was having problems filling tbe oten controversial cornmittee during last week's round ot nominations. However, he backed out of the nomination after reaiizing that the meetings contlicted with is achedule as a member o! the Board a! Directars for J.O. Rud- dy General Hospital. The state of Durham's roads bas reached a crisis state requiring a major infusion ot regional and provincial tax dollars and, accor- ding ta Witby Regional Counillar Gerry Emm, if tbe problem isn't ad- dressed naw, it is only going ta get worse. care. Another third require immediate maintenance and the remaining third is totally deficient requiring capital ex- penditures. We're behind now and in ten years we'd be into a total captai situation," said Mr. Emm. According to the works chairman, traffic on Durham roads bas been tripling every four or five years but the works budget bas had to take a back seat to softt services such as recreation and heaitb and social services wbich be said have really been a drain on the region's budget. Roads have been "ltaking a pounding," according to Mr. Emm, paricularly trom gravel trucks whicb are wearing trougbs into the roads which can make for hazzardous driving when it is rainîng. "We've been putting a lot of gravel into Toron- to for their many con- struction projects but it's been at the expense of aur roads," said Mr. Emm. The region bas worked out programs to address the problemn but they will require the province's assistance, according ta the coun- cillor. "The province gets their revenues from a wide variety ot sources - things like the gasoline tax and vehicle BIRMaterCard1 SIGNETDET. 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I'Roads are galng ta bave ta be a priarity if were going ta be a region on the move," concluded Mr. Emm. Otber priorities on the works chairman's agenda are extending water and sewer links ta outlying areas in tbe nartb and as well as con- franting tbe problem of waste disposai. "We've done exten- sive researcb and travel looking into alternatives ta landfill. We don't want anatber disaster like the Metro dump an aur hands where we have no contrai over what is being dumped," said Mr. Emm.