PAGE 26, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1987 Street reconstruction to give more seniors' parking Whitby council has approved the recon- struction of Pitt St. In front of the Senior Citizen Activity Centre to provide more parking. Council decided to drop a plan to rezone the closed portion of Pitt Street for use as a parking area for the seniors' centre. The reconstruction, recommended by plan- ning staff, was one of six parking proposals by a consulting engineering firm. The adopted alter- native will provide 18 Last year's record- breaking growth in Whitby seems to have flowed into the month of January. A total of $8,679,246 worth of building per- mits were issued in January, according to the monthly building permit report issued by the Public Works Department, up from the same month in 1986. In january 1986, the Town issued $7,328,869 in permits. Residential permits again led the way, with a value of $4,111,246 in permits issued. "We can't carry on the way we did last year with residential," said Mayor Bob Attersley. "It will level out," he said. He said the growth in town will continue until at least August. "In the same flow as last year," he added. The Town topped $115 million in permits last year. The value of residen- tial permits and the number issued, 50, are down from January 1986 when the Town issued more than $5 million in permits and a total of 84. Attersley points out that those permits are not necessarily for new homes. They can be for additions o or renovations. The Town issued a value of $2,294,000 in commercial permits in January, 1987, as op- posed to $114,000 in January, 1986. The lion's share of that was a $1,750,000 permit for the construc- tion of a medical clinic at the corner of Centre St. N. and Dundas St. E. Permits totalling $150,000'were taken out for construction of a donut store and Nursing students graduate Forty-one nursing students and 24 mechanical technicians recently received their diplomas at a con- vocation held at Durham Colege. The top-ranking nur- sing student was Susan McDougall of oshawa. The top-ranking technician was William Dyriw of Bowmanvile who was also on the Dean's list, denoting an overail "A" average. Harriet Carter, Whitby, Ken Bonnel Ajax, Fraser Doswell and Donna Methot, Oshawa were also on the Dean's list. parallel parking spaces, provide ·storm sewers and a sidewalk on Pitt St. betwen Brock St. S. and Green St., and maintain two-way traf- fic. Engineering staff Whitby just keeps growing T e Special Canadian Grains Program is assisting farmers with $1 billion. This initiative, announced by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, is the largest of its kind ever undertaken by any Canadian government on behalf of farmers. restaurant at the A&P plaza on Thickson St. S. Permits valued at $45,000 weré taken out for alterations at the Whitby Mal, also on Thickson Rd. S. "We're off to a hell of a good start," commen- ted Attersley on the commercial growth. a. OPJ In the industrial sec- tor, Lear Siegler, took out a $2-million permit for expansion of its plant on Forbes Ave. The Town issued $2,274,000 worth of in- dustrial permits for the month of January. Another $250,000 was taken out by Lasco Steel for an addition to its facilities on Hopkins St. The report also shows that no permits were taken out in the agricultural or in- ,stitutional sectors. The Town collected a total of $53,259 in building permit fees for the month. say the reconstruction will also solve poor drainage problems. The estimated cost is between $45,000 and $65,000. The original plan, to rezone the closed road allowance of Pitt St., east of Green St., to allow a parking lot was dropped by council on a recommendation by planning department. The property will be of- fered for sale under its existing residential zoning. Several nearby residents had concerns over the original proposal at a public United States. The first $300 million will be in the hands of grain and oilseed farmers this winter. Another $700 million will be paid out in the spring. The details of this historic program are as follows: meeting held in July last year. The Town began to look into additional parking for the centre after complaints about insufficient parking. The centre now has 31 parking spaces, with 21 of those located in the parking lot at the nor- theast corner of Brock St. and Burns St. and the other 10 as non-street parking spaces on Pitt St. fronting the centre. The Town's parks and recreation department found that 46 per cent of centre members sur- veyed (433 responses) go to the centre in their own vehicles. The Pitt St. recon- struction is one of three Pedigreed seed, high moisture corn, high moisture barley and farm fed grain are also covered. The first cheques are . being mailed directly to Western farmers based on Canadian Wheat Board permit hok rata It is a national program that responds to a national need. It You will benefit if, in 1986, will help offset low grain and you grew wheat, barley, If your crops are not oilseed prices resulting from oats, rye, mixed grains, corn, 3 included in permit book the subsidy war between the soybeans, canola, sunflower data, or if you are a qualifying European Community and the seeds for crushing or flax. producer who doesn't receive a cheque, you can pick up an application at the following places: Grain producer organizations Agriculture Canada offices and research stations stages to address the parking problem. The parking lot at the near- by tourist information centre has been recommended as an overflow area. A third stage is -the reconstruction of the east side of Byron St. S., north of Burns St. W., abutting Centennial Park. The east side now allows on-street parking for park users. Recon- struction would improve that parking, providing about 38 spaces, for use by both park users and senior centre members. The Byron St. recon- struction has been in- cluded in the 1987 public works budget. Canadg Government Gouvernement BILLION SPECIAL CANADIAN GRAINS PROGRAM. A Relpxug and for Grain Parmers u u %dcil IC&%ÀCX mumwmmý 1 1 1