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Residents oppose RUTS options he Residential Uptown Traffic TSmdy (RUTS) committee could be in for a bumpy ride when determining the appropriate meaâ€" sures to combat the negative changes to the traffic patterns expected to impact the core during and after the uptown redevelopâ€" ment. A handful of uptown residents are adamantly opposed to some of the proposed options the RUTS comâ€" mittee is now considering in hopes of cutting down some of the expectâ€" Waterloo Park was transported to ancient times Saturday as lords and ladies ruled the domain and knights battled for booty during the third annual Royal Medieval Faire. Two of the knights jousting for a bag of gold were Sir Sean, played by Alan Dawdy, and Sir Tobias, played by Adam Benjamin, pictured above. Sir Sean, the King‘s champion, lost the tussle but lived to fight another day. WATERLOQ.CHRONICLE wATERLAQ PUBLICâ€"LIBRA&RYPâ€" Serving your community since 1856 By Anprea Bamey Chronicle Staff LOCATED BESIDE ed traffic congestion before the first phase of development begins. The tabled choices creating the most heat are to either completely WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2000 + WATERLOO, ONTARIO "The City of Waterloo has created the situation by agreeing to all the development." â€" Owen Geiger Alexandra Street resident Medieval bash AE close Alexandra Avenue at Short Street, or to transform Alexandra Avenue near Caroline Street into oneâ€"way travel. "The City of Waterloo has created the situation by agreeing to all the development," said Owen Geiger, who has lived on Alexandra Street for the last 55 years. "They‘ve created all of these (traffic) problems, and then they come along and say the changes are for our own good. It‘s nonsense. "They‘ve obviously bitten off more than they can chew." Geiger also said other options should be explored before major FACTORY AT 141 WEBER S$1T. S P 742 â€"07 ®~~ar cunenet T Leves changes such as these are finalized A more acceptable choice, he said, would be to install a threeâ€"way stop sign at Short Street to slow down the traffic to and from the core. "I have to admit cars do fly by here," Geiger said. "But what that says is that it‘s an attitude problem, a saciety problem. "I don‘t want to have everything closed everywhere 1 turn just to get around the real problem." Jane Graviev, who has lived on Alexandra Street for the past 27 $1 INCLUDING GST Continued on page 2 B0# VEBANAC PHOTO Centre in the Square features Dance Fusion. Viewpoint You Said It Mats Sundin and the Toronto Maple Leafs hit Kâ€"W. Classified 28 lcanada.com| Lifestyle 533 King St. N. Waterloo, ON 885â€"5091 _ _ _ WHAT‘S INSIDE *Selected Distribution Bâ€"K VOLVO The Brick*, Laâ€"Zâ€"Boy*, Morty Taylor® Page 17 11