Whitby Free Press, 13 Apr 1994, p. 1

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Two councilors to seek re-election page 3 CP athiete hm world page 22 Man fined $500 after fatal accident page 2 Throe residents face 74 charges page2 Contaminated soit to be move.d Town hopes to avoid another '-PEI- fiasco' By Mike Kowall Contreninated soil on an aban- doned Whitby industrial site will ho moved M a yor Tom Edwarde promised tvonday. But how soon the material will ho iiauled away from a former smelting plant yard on Warren Road la uncertain at this trne, Edwards admittod. Town council wants ta, ensure that it doos not immerso itself in another Prince Edward Island ferry boat 'fiasco' hfore the pro- blemn is solved, ho said. Edwards told reporters that prior ta Monday'. meeting, coun- cil discussod a eqnfîdonti*1loeg report on the situation at Il Warren Rd. But ho would not indicate what measures will ho takon to force owners of the site -- wiiich has oat vacant sinoe thie srnelting« plant burned down more than 20 years ago -- ta remove the con- taminated material. Soul on the. property contains levels of copper and chrotiaium that exceed provincial guidelines according ta a report prepareâ for a neighbouring business owner by a private engineering firm. "We will bo doing a number of thinge in accordance with the. advice we get," said Edwards. «It rnay take a littie longer ta deal with it this way, but we want to ho sure w. don't crate more probleme by moving too quickly,» ho said. EdWard. Smmenta followed a demand by councillor Jo0 Drumm tiat thie oil bermnved acon. Two weekS ago, Drunun failed ta convince council ta support his SEE PAGE 31 Whetting hie appetite BOBBING FOR APPLES and playing twister were among the activities in Durham College's '8ates of our Lives' game. Staged by entertainment administration students, the three-day event was a take-off on the 'Dating Game,' complete with prizes for the winning coule.photo by Mark ReesSi IGovemment proposai crItiie Shores ,plan details unveiled W M" k. Z.wasi Details of a massive develoPment plnno near the, Lynde Creek Marah dr.w msrk.ly difl.rent a nwhen uwÎ.ll.d forpuconumpton last iwsêk Whýycoumcil's plannfig and d.v.lopm.nt emiutt4 was gene ly s~ otv f ~ at m o .~s p ri nof the. prcj.c px>po.d sotof the. Committ.. m.mbers voed no ob>jetons ta the. Rose Corp's lasfor a 560-unit mixed houi d.elo1ment on 122 acres so f Victoria Street, wst ofJ.f8r.t But they had hara words for an, Ontario govenment propsaIfor a predomlnantly mnedium to high densfty subivsion further ta the east. "That absolutely suckcs I was councillor Jo. Drumm's desripionof provincial plans for apartment buildings and ptnhos on 111 acres, south of Victoria between Jeffrey and Gordon streets. M.axiwhile, about 30 area environmentalists and residents who attended Ttiesay's meeting, failed to, convinc. councillors ta *eectay type of development near the wetlands. Theds=oin toa loew development waa made five years ago and fir-ther opposition le essentially futile, critics were told. Three separate public hearingata deal with the. saine overali project - the. proposod Lynde Shores Coninunity -- were iield Dyr com2ittee. .Draft plans of subdivision for different aspects 0f the. d.velopmentwerro submitted by the three participants in the. grqect- the. Ontario governiment, Duniian Reglon and Rose C~Eprince, throug e i0.ntario Laid Ç ,and Rose Cop il b. involved in d.veloping the. resdeantia component. Lad outh of VIctra Street will eventuay b. home to a mized residntial crrmunity 0f 5,700,people.- RE PAGE 18 BRFMM- - - -- - --- -- -,-

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