PAGE 4, WH1TBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9,1989 PORT WHITBY Creek contamination is biggest problem, says resident Russ Wilde has seen a lot cf issues corne and go in Port Whitby over the last 57 years. A native of Whitby, Wilde has been intimately involved with life in the port through work with the boy scouts there and his il years as a port resident. StilI regarded as a small, dis- tinctive community, separated from the rest of Whitby by the 401, housing'there is in mostly small homes, apartment build- ings and, more recently, town- houses and a proposed con- dominium development. In the not-too-distant past, Wilde says there were great plans for the community. He recaîls that in the late 1970s, the port was the subject cf extensive study into the possibi-. lities of development. "Des Newman (former Whitby mayor) had plans for an amuse- ment -park th at would probably rival Wonderland if it was here today," Wilde says. He notes that several develo- pers have come and gene, al with roising lans of building in the port. Wilde welcomes the Coscan condo development, and believes that the port is ideally suited for high-rise development. "In 1978, the. study showed that Port Whiby would *be all high-rise development. This is an ideal location for high-rise build- ing, because the port is on solid rock." "However, in- 1986, the Town decided te down zone the area, and now aIl we have is chicken coops (townhouses)- "And the zoning dees not allow for apartments in the eIder part of the port. Zoning went from R-4 (four-floor *housing) te tdown- houses, and they aren't even affordable." Wilde originally supported the Save Our Shores group that fôr- med te restore the public walk- way along the shoreline in the Coscan development. But he says he did net support them in their effort te dissuade the developer from building- "The SOS. group have gotten away froni trying te keep the paths around the water, te talk about zoning and highrises," hé said. "Coscan's plan originally allowed for a strip around the property. It's always been 'pri- vate property. I've neyer gotten te use the land there." Wilde prefers high-rise deve- lopment because it leaves green grass around- the development, rather than using up valuable land as does, he says, townhouse development. "The Coscan plans will pro- bably get approved because the majority of people think we need somfething down here. «Nobody else has ever helped Port Whitby te get the beach cleaned up," heý says, adding that the developers might have a hand in cleaning up the sewage problemh in Pringle Creek and consequent pollution of the waterfront. The biggqst problem- the Port . . . . . . . . . . . - . .1rr SPECTACUIR LAKE VIEWS!1 SE-NSATIONAL LAK<E LIVNG!i 'y Prom $174,900 The Mistral from $220,900 SAILWINDS CONDOMINIUMS PRESENTS YOU WITH MAGNIFICENT PANORAMIC VIEWS OVERLOOKING WHITBY HARBOUR! Sailwinds is beautifully located to live up to your every expectation, with the GO Train on your doorstep and Highway 401 a minute s drive away! You'I1 also enjoy breathtaking panoramic views overlooking the -lake and a lakesi"de lifestyle simply without equal. There's no better 'point cf view than Sailwinds. Occupancy 1991. SALES OFFICE HOURS Mon.-Thurs. 12 p.m. te 8 p.m. Fri., Sat, Sun. & Holidays 12 p.mn. te 6 p.m. Tel: 686-8346 430-7723 Take 401 exit Brock Street, Whitby. Go sourli to Victoria Street and w"est to Watsoin Street. Sold exclusively through Norman Hi & Associates.Ltd. Heaitors. Prices and specifications are subject to change %ithout notice. E.O. & E. i faces, and has been tacing tor niany years, is sewage con- tamination of Pringle. Creek and the waterfront, according tt Wilde. The "bay bums," as Wilde refers to port natives, have been living, "since 1929,'" with the sewage from the rest of .Whitby to the north. "Without some development, the sewage probleni will neyer be fixed.» Apparently, a, new pumping station was neither complete d nor connected to the Pringle Creek sewage plant to the north. "In 1978, the sewer diversion line was approved by the Region, along with - major development plans (for Port Whitby). But the egion neglected Port Whitby because a major developer was to locate in Brooklin and the Region was pushing for sewers for Brookin. "There are one million gallons of sewage in the river (Pringle) everyday. The sewage goes to the beach,and the beach is closed.", Wilde dlaims that the lake's currents r ,Ln counterclockwise, bringing the sewage to one of Whitby's nicest beach areas near Whitby Psychiatric Hospital. SEE PAGE 9 3rd A nnuial ANTIQUE & CRAFT SALE Sunday, August 13, 1989 Sunderland Arena Admission $2.00 Childien Free For Information Cail: (705) 357-2427 ANNUAL MASS RESURRECTION ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY (Taunton Road East of Brock Street,Whitby) BY MOST REVEREND ROBERT B. CLUNE AUXILIARY BISHOP AND MASS FOR DECEASED CONCELEBRATED BY LOCAL PARISH PRIESTS TUESDAY, AUGUSI l5th 1989 7:00 P.M. I OF TORONTO I 668-891