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i 1 s-v- t ja e l it fsi tqf r 0 a0 jr v afm y v tip if ins ji dear sir sta i 3 ff 7 citizens passiv j else but knock the airport n ii thi when the proposal for it ifc comes from theovern- rs ments in power to which noisefroma plane uxbridge are going to give little annoyance to stouffville after y all aoighypertod whan a srjtsibs ssfspwk m this makes real political dnverv seat this tune overanairporttthatmay i bl ormaynoteverbebuill the fashion today is the same time the to be a knocker and the longstanding citizens group in aria around who have spent many stouffville are making fyears here and done a the most of it f m good job oi iform- hau tnis wg this p energy could be expended cornmuniry are passively cpation w the i planners to see that the zsilent h i the alarmists are i having a fieldday with wild slogans and stories all with little or no sub stance in fact local r politicians too are i making hay after all you would hardly expect sinclair stevens or don deacon to do anything proposed airport runways are pointed in the right direction that a proper access road is provided to claremont it would mean something after all planes landing in an east- west direction south of dicksons hill or north- south east of the 2nd of travelling in ajparalled direction to the com- munity is insignificant to that immediately overhead air travel by air canada saw another reasonable increase in 1974 and this is only one- airline servicing the toronto area air freight traffic continues to in crease by leaps and bounds it is highly unlikely that all the noise coming out of stouffville at the the tribune thursday feb 1975 s mriga has a reputation tfitf moment will have much to do with the decision on the airports jobs to be createdjover seven or eight yearsxotkfiou- struction with thousands more ofa permanentiwhbm virtual nature the need to ser- newcomers to town and vices an expanding many who should realize travelling public and the they will be long gone giant disruption of before any planes could enlarging malton will ever be expected to fly undoubtedly be the major local noise i dont believe government anticipated a racket from the floating population of this area which appears to make up the big percentage of the protesters many of factors in the decision present economic con ditions could reduce the initial stage of tbeairport or v eliminate it but government must take the longterm view- f f sure the will have much influence we have not yet reached the stage of government by- protest v gunther harcourt stouffville airport protest r eying officials gutless politicians oiildish illogical dear sir as an interested hell tiath no fury like stouffville removed all supporters with the in malton airport oc- regards to present noise levels but for a council to resolve that another community be thrown to the wolves in an attempt to save their own skins is dear sir on wednesday feb 5 mississauga council passed a resolution backing- fully the proposed new airport at pickering v beneath contempt l vjfor 15 years i have two v mississauga enjoyedthe lifestyle we councillors labeled as have in pickering and as progfessivej con- many jithere have come serva tives who l6loveifjtheimpositiori this cry of ah airport there will be baby resolution should devastating and to think ask their friends at been queens park about avoided5we i are faced fcedarwoodr a i new with this community of 90000 to be becausegutless built s guessed it politicians allowed miles from the nearest continuing i runway at the new air- communities close to port maltorij becauseofficials s z it is all too clear that jjof transport canada lied the cycle is- to begin about the extent of air- againgutess politicians t craft noiseand because will allow construction of mindless people moved t under the flight paths and of transport canada then acquired an acute have and will continue to senseof hearing i forone lie about high noise areas willonlylisten to the and all weneed to complaints of the people j complete the pictureis tifinikvivt in thp area 90l000poor souls to fill the houses zr rf zmk the gibson report says in v cupying only 4000 acres ooserver oi uie nimii j v u airont thp nniw fartnr has nnt publicized demonstration against the airport which consisted of little morethan a third of the 300 estimated by the paper and tv i couldnt help wondering how much harnu this would do to the reputation of stouffville as a sober effect is ok we accept your experts contention which cost us 25000 that noise levels may be more noticeable in quiet communities v than in more urban districts therefore the gdvern- ment should offer to buy the property of anyone in the noise zone who ob- clearthinking com- m d t0 mumy remembering j- not have that the population here is around 5000 the noisy turnout represented a very small minority of the townspeople and they had to include toddlers people who do not have this objection what could be fairerthan this the noise factor has not deterred people from settling as near to the perimeter as x the government would allow most residents admit that the noise is not all that bad and you soon get j accustomed r to it my daughter has lived for years about the same distance from the malton runways as we will be here and they never even notice the planes that are as for the cry that they flying overhead con- deceived us the com- stantly yet here the plainants should refer who j lived in j area before malton opened jltjisfineto try to solve problems by at- i tackingft lottawa in ai homes too close officials they are nowemploying childish slogans and illogical reasoning in trying to drum up sup port isnt it time we took a second look at the facts and faced up to reality where is the logic behind the signs stouffville declared gnosf town by onuprnmpnlpitipfnr a u again to the government and babes uo achieve j i a special section of the this has become an tribune march 241972 emotional issue with airport information those opposed to the- how the new toronto airport to the extent that airport could affect you government planners have wisely set aside 18000 acres for airport land to secure a wide buffer zone around the actual flying facilities so that nothing but un- protesting farm crops the- maps included will absorb the high tske- therein clearly show i off sound kenspratley councillor town of pickering stouffville and claremont in the shaded noise zone there was little objection voiced then and hun dreds of new residents have bought homes and propertiesj here since that- l j i love the semirural advantages of stouffville as much as anyone but lets face it we cannot expect the river of population progress to stay away from our door and if we are as honest in v1 wli government edicti or- againwhat- of the appraising its advantages t sign jstoiiffvilleyesr as we are in protesting its-jr- lmmirtiiwlm fnoiieexperts ever realize that the airport o s m r j r js rmpaqiivphthe dearsiruf fthe environment in- 1 thetowh of whitf creased spending un- churchstouffville has controlled and unplanned beertbetrayediby thegrowtfi population m- canadiangovernment creases aircoritributeto the government o eventual death even inquiry into the proposed ner than expected second intersattonal theplightof stouff- airport at toronto has vl mus make our disclosedthatst6uffvilleg 7 7 wiu bemnthe high noise ourselves lookat the izone and therefore global problem- in- recommends that the creasing- uncontrolled town be acquired not j expropriated and the rural areassurrpunding our town be expropriated k this is not what we i thevcitizens were in fofmedbythe govern- tr- merit when theairport jvaslfirsttproposed we were told that ouf town vfwould not be affected by userfoise some of us disagreed at thattime ie y people or planes v fortunately our town council had a study carried out to determine what noise might affect our lowrit these findings iwere accepted joy jhej gibson rinquiryand in idoingsodiscredited the government have noiseviucnohavethe disadvantages we would noise experts ever realize that it measured- the idecible j could prove tobe a great level as the giant gravel asset tothis district t trucksiandtrahsportsfactmtrmay wellbe the growth let us meet f the problem together 4 j together let us stop- grind through town and onlymeans of main- theairportfor a step -snowmobiles- howl retaining open country towards recovery of through the streets and around us instead of mankind yields when we havewalltowall housing by v i write telegram phone t concern to ottawa arid snow if lnoise kills developers many of us would have encrquching city expired long ago and lets- study toronto show you really from traffic noise ajone jeer mrp this noise oollutioni has care lov anna sanders obrien avett stouffville this noise pohutiori t has beenbldwnupouuofall r name withheld by pfoportibnby pop request i previous findings i now we have a problem to dealwith- oufjslivesrare threatened buttheproblemis sbj t imuch deeper than the destruction of peoples lives because our town wiu be no longer liveable l ft firstly i have to deal with the fact that the government has a right tc my land if the use is the public fv iiw i cannot accept that taking up pririte farmland y toj build an airport is a benefit j to canadian people i- i cannot accept uie actthatlsome govern- lent officials maybe civil servants want this area ho have more f j growths we do not need 5 thatgrowth we do not 1 want that growthvsr i our planet is struggling to maintain an existence destruction of vs- vjf cl voutoec your mi r share s si i t- kr f r 7 i t mmm 8r 4 j i cr tlk a good neighbour we sute firm jj pirkwjy pwj f companies canadian headollke vjontario s ik thousands of ontario residents will share in tjiis yearns jax credits make sureyou get f ivour fair share 1 f to apply you must file oja- federal income tax form even ifyoii dont pay j 82000residents within the metro toronto local callina area should dial 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