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The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, JuIy 8, 1997 -21 Halton Region wants to improve north-south transit *Fromn BETTER on page 20 inforlrltlion hý ntkded fImîn the pros Rdinua nnr blruM uitc plans can be laid. ln the last three areas change is expected soon. According to Mr. Macisaac a Halton north-south transit service c(>uld be in place in Auguat, while changes 10 planning and administration of the POA are likely in January. The committce sifîed through a raft of recommendations recent- ]y and afler making a few minor changes passed themn on to local counicils lfor review. Milton Councillor Wally Hunter was uncomfortable with the diroction of lad [se plannin chanes. In the end he rclt!ntL-(I only hecause specitics of any eventual land use plan would lace the scrutiny of aIl councils before il would corne int efl'ect. Mr. Hunter was primanily atraid that a co-operative planning group would become bureaucratic and simply lead to another level of decision-making rather than help streamline the current process. "If these recommendations are not approved then the credibility of the report is lost," said Halton's chief administrative officer Barry Malmsten. ,\ 1n g hoRLe 1 11s Ieto -iirndrt ersý A c in la\ in 1îo >lrir centralized utility hrlling, a north-south transit route, and a sharcd planning group. The planning subcommittee called for local municipalities 10 carry ouI most land use development approvals now done by Halton Region. School boards and police would carry out their own specific planning but would rely on Halton for comprehensive demo- graphic data. Up flKealthy but mischapen plante. lîo UVOff A littie pruning will go a long way!i