Publ i meiieting inSeptember -forwtrrn eeomn A public meeting will be- held' sometime in September on a rezoning application by, Coscan Development for its planned $150-million waterfront ýdevelop-, ment. "I don't see any problem in it ging through council,» says Mayor Bob Attersiey. In February, Coscan received council approval for its urban design. Pans caîl for four 15-story condominium towers and 150 to 230 tnwnhousfq as well as a recreation coniplex.' Coscan purchased the Cartier- McNamara proery at the bar- bor which will bethe location of three of the towers.1 The urban design plan does not include a p ublic walkway alonq the waterfront part of the Çartier-McNamara property. It was originally included in Cos- can's plans before being removed by Whitby's planning and deve- lopment comrittee. That decision led to the forma- tion of a residents'group opposed to the walkway's removal. Creek contami"nation FROM PAGE 4 "We like it here, but some days, it's bad. If it rains, the sewage plant cannot bandle the flow. "As soon as that sewage is gone, Pringle Creek will become natural again, like Duffin.Creek. Fish will swim there again, and the beaches will improve."* But, Wilde notes, it will take 10 years before ail of the sewage effluent is completely gone from the creek. 'The sewage just sits here, and tbere's nine inches of silt on the bottom of the creek, witb rock underneath.» Wilde sees the creek being used for windsurfirg ponds, if it was cleaned up, and an exten- sion of the walking trail along the creek to north of the 401 would be beneficial. Parks could. be created and maintaTineWby the developers,. if only the town would allow the developer todo so, he asserted. However bleak'bis comments, Wilde still holds hope for the future in the Port -if the sewage problem is alleviated, the area could become a pleasant, shore- line area with beaches for recrea- tional use. Piringle Creek sewage, plant to be cloeed down Durham Region wilI eventually close the Pringle Creek sewage plant, but no time frame has yet been set, according to regional chairman Gary Herrema. Herrema said the plant is too far Up stream. "We would divert the sewage tn Corbett Creek or York-Dur- bam lime,»" added Herrema.. SRegional works commissioner Bill Twelvetrees said the pump- ing station at Port Whitby would be used to divert tbe sewage to Corbett Creek if tbat is the route the Region decides to take. Herrema said diverting the sewage to the York-Durham lime would cost $18-million, witb the sewage having to be. diverted 13 kilometers. 4 "The ùltimate is to have Cor- bett Creek enlarged. That's what we would like to do but like everytbing else it requires financing," said Herrema, adding that a 19 per cent tax bike Durham Region residents faced this year was higb enough. He said the ultimate solution is stili under discussion at the Region.