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economist sunlsuntribime transportation saturday sept 4 2004 9 yorks worst roads roads nominated for worst in ontario hwy 7 matwiam steeles avenue vaughan woodbine avenue north of newmattet yonge street hwy 9 to king road mccowan road markham davis drive newmarket bloomington road king elgin mills road richmond hill keele street maple to king city bathurst street vaughan aurora heights drive aurora church street keswick york boulevard richmond hill st johns sideroad aurora end bickering start laying asphalt from page 1 arsenault of caa there has been much political rhetoric but little improvement where the rubber hits the road government help needed tasha kheiriddin of the cana dian taxpayers federation says ottawa collects some 2 billion in taxes from ontario motorists while queens park collects 3 bil lion we want governments to end the bickering and start laying the asphalt if they keep taking motorists money they should use it or lose it ms kheiriddin said the 10 worst roads will be announced in november but the site had already registered 3254 votes by thursday morning most of them from disgruntled drivers in windsor and sudbury last years worst road was stee les avenue and in 10th spot was another section of steeles in vaughan richmond hill mayor bill bell the regions transportation chair person was on hand for the offi cial opening of the newmarket bypass and had nothing but praise for thoroughfares in the region praise for york roads our road network is extraordi nary mr bell said because most of our roads are newer we dont have some of the same mainte nance problems also at the opening mr fisch pointed to the regions 2004 capital road budget of 1563 million which includes 77 lane kilometres of roads being resurfaced as well the campaign is using billboards that read tired of dri ving on poor roads to remind of the opportunity motorists can register their nominations online at wwwworstroadsca or call 1-877- 9677873 tollfree drivers get three chances york regional police will be out in full force teaching speeders a lesson when stu dents head back to school next week the first component of an autumn traffic safety pro gram dubbed operation fall safe begins tuesday the first day of school police will be at various locations across the region including carrville road west of yonge street in rich mond hill between 7 and 930 am monitoring vehi cles as they pass three check points the first will be an existing speed limit sign approxi mately 200 metres down the road will be a radar speed board displaying the speed at which a vehicle is travelling and 200 metres further down will be a police officer with a radar gun if drivers are still speed ing when they encounter the officer thats three strikes and theyre out theyll get a ticket said traffic bureau sgt trevor hanko police are also reminding residents about the forces safe streets nice neighbour hoods philosophy which encourages drivers to take matters into their own hands and drive responsibly approximately 80 per cent of drivers stopped for speed ing or running stop signs live within a fivekilometre radius of where they were pulled over police say the second component of operation fall safe will begin sept 8 when traffic bureau officers in unmarked cars will concentrate on driv ers speeding through school zones or those who pass stopped school buses with lights flashing martin derbyshire are you unemployed want to start ymca your own business we offer free solutions financial assistance to el recipients meet with selfemployment consultants attend our business workshops use our business resource centre network with other entrepreneurs september highlights offering 27 workshops including importexport forum marketing to win breakfast network call today 9059489622 ext 222 ymca business centre 48551 4th avenue markham your success is our business canada this project is funded by the government of canada immvmi nan ft ml h m fillip phhhhr m mm tmsm hi flip iip thel wmmmmmmm mr wn mm tit wssfflssm sfflsffl w sssssl sssssf wm w a mm mmm ts mm 1 m ka mm i ft hi mm ms spsssssa were increasing go bus service startin september 7 2004 2siig m swr tmrn wlmmww jf3sefflsk a mm wmsi mrnmm hbss ii across ou lore travel options including mm wm a new route serving the oshawa go bus terminal uqitdurham college broqklin mm college u off atscarborough hwy 2 liverpool rd and the pickering go station thelaeekday southbound trip that departs stouffville go station at 905 am will now run express from the markham go station and arrive at the union station go bus terminal at 1001 am a new weekday morning and the union station go bus terminal tqfigsouthbound trip- will operate betweenthestpuffvillego station and the union station gobustermjnal four new weekday evening northbound trips will operate betweelrthe union station go bustermirial and i the uf ff i lleg q ria ndanevyv weekday eyerii rig nprt bound tfi p s4lsfl 1 lrl wml m fjt ill m8 mil wxm