WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1988, PAGE 23 CELLULAR PHONES POPULAR page 26 A U T N .f S WHITBYFREE SS Gas bar features curbed exit By Debbie Luchuk of the gas bar to turn north onto said at the hearing that B - A- ARum *ve- rojections indicated that there The newly installed Canadian Tire gas bar includes at least a partial solution to the concern raised by Bowman Ave. residents over increased traffic flow on the street because of the gas bar. The curbed exit from the gas bar onto Bowman has been directed to the south, to Dundas St. E, making it difficult for users nowman m. The gas bar was approved after an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing in April of this year. At the time, Town planning committee deemed the gas bar acceptable for the Bowman- Dundas site, but Whitby council rejected it. Town planner Paul Rycrc0 Gas station opens THE CANADIAN Tire gas bar at Dundas St. E. and Bownan Ave. in Whitby has opened followin g a previous OMB decision granting the gas bar after Whitby council had rejected it. An exit onto Bowman Ave. is designed to prevent traffic from going north, one of the concerns that had been raised by Bowman and area residents. Frec Press photos would be few cars heading north on Bowman from the gas bar. The OMB approved the site on the condition that signage, a mechanism to prevent left turns and upgrading of the Bowman- Dundas intersection was dis- cussed. Inu a May council meeting, it was announced that Town planning and works staff would be looking at making Bowman a one-way street going south. But Town director of public works Dick Kuwahara now says, "We're not going to do it. We're not pursuing it, it doesn't make a lot of sense." Kuwahara said that all OMB conditions were met by the gas bar and that improvements to the intersection of Bowman and Dundas will be part of the Town's capital budget for 1990. Sales awards MARIGOLD Ford salesmen John Dale (left) and Jack Cook recently received sales awards from Ford. Cook received the Summit Award fiven to 100 outstanding sales people in Canada, while Dale received the Professional Sales Award and Luxury Car Specialist Award. Frec Press photo Attersley sells retail division WThitby Mayor Bob Attersley bas sold the retail division of his Attersley Tire business to Good- year. rhe sale was-finalized on Nov. 7, according to Attersley, who two weeks ago was re-elected as Whitby's mayor. He would not disclose the amount of the sale, saying only it was an "equitable" deal for both Attersley Tire and Goodyear. Attersley opened his first Attersley Tire store in Whitby on April 1. IIe now has eight stores - one in Whitby, three in Oshawa, three in Toronto and one in Kingston. The sale only affects the Whitby and Oshawa stores. "The Goodyear philosophy is that they like to control the retail portion of supply houses in Canada," says Attersley, who retained the rights to the wholesale passenger and truck tire division. "We were an independent in Oshawa and Whitby, Goodyear called us," explains Attersley, adding that his company was going to assess the retail division of his business. According to Attersley, there is a market for the business but the problem is a lack of mechanics in the workplace. "We needed 12 mechanics and we were always running six, seven or eight. We couldn't fill the void," says Attersley. The sale represents seven per cent of his tire business. He is maintaing his head offices at the Thornton Rd. loca- tion but is unsure whether Goodyear will remove the Atter- sley Tire signs. "It's up to them. I had a good relationship with Goodyear. I can't speak highly enough of them." R eport looks at gas stations A further report is to be made by Town planning department, but at least two Whitby coun- cillors appear to oppose the latest application for a gas bar. Vito Lapolla, who has almost completed hi- eight-bay car wash at 847 Dundpq St. W. to replace the existing one, has now applied for a gas bar to be located in front of the car wash. "I don't see the sense of having another gas station," said coun- cillor Joe Drumm at last week's administrative committee meet- ing. 'We have gas bars coming out ears in this town," said councillor Ross Batten. He asked what other uses were permitted for the zoning there. Councillors learned that Whitby now has 38 gas stations. Bruce Langer, a Palace St. resident who was permitted to comment on the matter, noted that traffic is already heavy along Dundas. He also pointed out that the only access to the proposed station would be from Dundas as there are no other streets, while other, nearby stations are at street corners. "Wouldn't it create further congestion?" said Langer. "It was a car wash...Is it necessary to add another use to the site?" Batten said Langer's com- ments were "dead on," and that there were enough gas bars in The new Whitby GO Station at Highway 401 and Brock St. is now finished and ready to open for business on schedule. The building features a Victorian-style design to complement the town's existing architecture. Platforms are also complete and ready for passengers te take advantage of that area. Committee chairman Gerry Emm said a report should determine if Whitby is adequately served by the existing number of gas bars. Lapolla said he had a consultant's report on his proposed gas bar, which committee said .would also be considered by staff before a decision is made. extended GO Train service east of Pickering. At Ajax, the new GO station and parking lot are complete, and the platform is scheduled for completion on Nov. 30. 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