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Region suggests bypass to eliminate Hwy congestion SfSFT Engineering Commissioner Rob- to it according to the report and officials face a velooment in Aurora and ii NEWMARKET The should build a Newmarket bypass west of to eliminate traffic cor- urban centres along committee report St as a potential FOILED AGAIN After a bitter debate Verb Regional Contest last week again deferred a de the proposed regional computer The plan drew sharp criticism from King Mayor Margaret and Councillor Bob Adams among others Details on Page 11 from Aurora Mayor Evel- St She said Aurora would sup the plan per cent King Mayor Margaret nell voted The report the proposal Engineering Commissioner Rob- t Hodgson and Planning Com Murray Pound the Province consider ilding a bypass from a point north of Aurora possibly even Newmarket to Ave The bvpass route should he kept close to the existing Hwy alignment or else many drivers will consider it too far out of the and not divert to it according to the report The bypass should have strict land access control along it to prevent it from becoming com parable to the existing Ontarios Ministry of Trans portation and Communication is working on a redesign of between Steeles Ave and the report stated and officials of whether to design the to function essentially a through trafficcarrying or as a land access faeil- serve adjacent existing 1 future development to it While is now used through traffic road it also as a land access to intense commercial S52 Aurora King 122 NO AGES ONTARIO WEDNESDAY APRIL CENT York wont expand Wright tells council Hodgson confirms it NEWMARKET The provincial government apparently has scrapped its plans for a major expansion of York Region next year Quoting a reliable source regional chairman Garfield Wright told his council last Thursday that the proposal to expand York to the north and east King City crosswalk proposal is rejected And York North Hodgson said in an interview Sunday t belie the taken by surprise which in t creates hazardous situations not only for the crossing also for following The letter suggested the lo cation would be reassessed after traffic signals are in op eration at Street and the King and the tempor ary busing of children to school has ceased The letter said a crossing guard is required in any event and suggested council proceed Immediately to arrange for the about the only pedestrian crossover in the area There has to only one at some point he said We have to start somewhere Councilor Hill Lung said problems J Mayor Margaret Wait until someone gets Councillor Inig suggested guard add- financing hiring the I I I il the paving of King with traffic tickets to motorists entering King City from the Marsh wasteland environmental wasteland the Holland Marsh according to one King Township citizen De ment has changed its mind on the proposed merger of York with the municipalities of Scott Brock Thorah ami i East of Metro regional government that would assume power next Jan Mr Wrights reliable sour ce was Mr Hodgson the MPP told The Era Sunday Feedback from York and the other municipalities involved in Mr Hodgson said He said he thought the five municipalities would lie includ ed with the rest of Ontario Co in the new East of Metro region That would leave only a min or change in Yorks eastern bo undary a tradeoff that would sec losing some lands to the new region ami York picking up a small block of Township east pic themselves in the affected municipalities to the north and east prefer to remain in the eas tern region Mr The MPP said provincial I ad consulted York and found lint York is witling to join in the plan but only on Yorks terms Yorks terms and its gen eral opposition to I be proposal see YORK page Dog lured to death by lamb carcass boring In aim jo death a small hammer hist weekend York Regional Police death police said Frank Mm Korean of Dili Ave Is charged with mischief cruelly to animals and fallun to ad animals TOURNEYS TOP SCORER Alan Albright captain of Norm Cook Mens Wear club receives championship award from Brian Burling or Kiwanls Club after his team won the bantam title In Aurora House League Tournament Saturday Alan turned In the tourn eys top Individual performance In the first round against Henrys Fish and Chips Alan added goals In the final a win over Tourn ament details photos on page 16 Prospect of department store fails to impress town council AURORA The prospect of i inw si in on SI North induce inbn enlliust si from Aurt day night provnl for a commercial prop erty on the northwest corner of St and Orchard Heights Dr After repeatedly failing In negotiating lo sell Hie Mr Rogers said said the prospective I I iHii 1 sl seek permission I lend the next planning adopted by council recommend id that rcuuest for rcial a Official Plan but and the King arena has small budget deficit Report ller in the meeting Mayor Ivn Buck ruled Mr Rogers of order when he persisted Police play cowboys corral horses loped down Main St Three horses which had es caped from a farm near Snow- hall decided sock greener pas- see plored Newmarket Plaza while the other two did Rome window shopping on Main St 10 pm Police and several citizens were able to corner and the two horses behind Stewart warehouse on Main St The animals were led to Fairy claimed them il to the Deputy Chief KING TOWNSHIP Tin luiij I nitre exceeded lis stinntes by in idiiu Jo port released Mm lay by tli an committee Without so Hi lonlraliihd two weeks by llritnell 1 1 1 I slated Estimated I An additional I autre budget because last wars ouncil In in it Hie King City Memorial Park l 17710 budget Since didnt When It learned this budget liul lieu tut by almost u cent there was no choke but to include the extra costs in the community lentre to the report printed in full on Pa velopment l Hill the report noted A map accompanying the report shows that during the peak traffic hour of pm 11 use is now at near- capacity in Aurora Richmond Hill and Messrs Hodgson and Pound this fie should be considered The exist ing Hwy would be left to serve as essentially a land ac cess facility Council will ask the MTC to explore the feasibility of such a bypass HUSTLE HUSTLE Yorks budget could result in small tax drop NEWMARKET Amid charges that its budget was hustled through to adoption York Regional Council last week approved a million budget that could result in a slight decrease in taxes triggered the major controversy of the budget debate But after clearing press and public from the chambers for an hour to discuss the increases council approved them as recommended Councillors also voted themselves salaries of each a boost over their annual pay for It took council less than two hours last Thursday to adopt its 1973 budget estimates a far cry from last yew when Ha public budget sessions consumed a total of four days three In March and one in May But last week open session followed a 10hour closed meet ing two days earlier in which a battleweary council examined the recommended budget in detail and in the end made only minor TOTALLY UNREALISTIC As council geared for an fight over department heads salaries Aurora Mayor Evelyn Buck suggested the matter be referred to a special committee She charged that it was totally unrealistic to expect council to formally adopt a million budget in a single sitting Of the earlier closed session she said We were hustled hustled hustled all day long to get through the estimates Later she told The Era It was like a herd of sheep with a collie dog yapping at our heels The collie dog she said was Chairman Garfield Wright Final budget approval Is expected April when council will have received formal notification from the Province of its 1973 grants along witli data on haw the 747 million tax levy will be apportioned among the nine member municipalities The Region finished 1972 with a million surplus and its 1073 lax levy Is million above So if the full surplus were applied to taxes the total levy would drop However in a press conference following the meeting Chief Administrative Officer Jack Rcttle said council need not apply the entire surplus to taxes although that is one of its options NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS it could decide to apply part of the total to a new divisional police headquarters in south York Region a proposal which was discussed in closed committee last Tuesday but has not formally reached the council level A York Regional Police capital budget lists the cost of such a building at SI a million Council took no action on that matter in Council will have to make the decision Mr said He will submit a recommendation for dispersement of the surplus he said but would not comment on what he would suggest The Regions gross estimated expenditures for 1973 total an increase of over last year About per cent of that gross budget figure Is recoverable in provincial grants and The Regions tax picture is further brightened by an overall assessment increase of per cent this year Mr said Richmond Hill Mayor Bill was the only councillor absent last Thursday He also missed the closed session on Tuesday For a look at what Yorks department beads are being paid and details on the departmental budgets and programs see Page IS Rush was for Retties sake KING TOWNSHIP York Regional Council was hassled and hurried and rushed through its budget deliberations be cause Chief Administrative Officer Jack Rettle had to leave for a convention in Texas lost Thursday night Mayor Margaret llritnell charged Monday She said council was under extreme pressure to finalize its during an nilday closed session last Tuesday and again in an open meeting Thursday so that Mr could leave on schedule for Houston The Tuesday meeting lasted 10 hours Thursdays took about five hours I ask you Who really runs this Region Mayor said In obvious reference to appointed staff Those mandarins up at the Region should have more re- hours the Tuesday meeting began and when she returned theyd passed five budgets In closed session there were tie votes on proposed pay quorum and would have to go through the whole thing again Another raise for Twinney NEWMARKET May Hob and Iteglmml Co were voted salary Increases town council Monday There was no discussion pay hike brings Hie fill lyor ft H councillors salary In addition hi I from Thursdays pay hike at York Regional Council where councillors voted themselves an increase from to This brings the mayors