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9 Ty I SO SA RL 0g SO EE A A A A WE ERE hh It's not official, but......... Penitentiary for Uxbridge Twp There's been no final decision on the location of the proposed penitentiary reception centre as yet, but it 'appears' likely that Scugog's original opposition ~was one of the factors that has resulted in the Peniten- tiary Service favouring an Uxbridge site.. The 'no decision" state- ment is the official one taken by penitentiary ser- vices director Ross Duff. eluctant to talk because he 'didn't want "to take the wind out of the sails of local "council", Mr. Duff declined confirmation of reports that the decision to locate the PorT kk PERRY institution in Uxbridge has already been made. He said, however, that discussions have been held with Uxbridge officials, and "that "there could be a decis: ion following an Uxbridge meeting to be set up soon". At the same time, accord- ing to the official, no meet- ings are planned with Scugog council. Mr. Duff hinted that the outcome of the next meet- ings with Uxbridge would determine if there would be any more meetings on the subject with Scugog. He said that although no meeting has been set up yet, Il Vol. 110 No. 13 24 Pages Not even Saturday's low temperatures and wind could dampen this young fellow's enthusiasm for the snowmobile competition in the afternoon on Lake Scugog. The Central Ontario Regional Snowmobile Association sponsored the Games Day which includ- A "bit of a communi- cations problem' between the region and township could well have cost the township about $1,300...the cost of installing red flashing lights on top of Lilla Street signs at the junction of Queen Street. Thinking it their respon- sibility, Scugog Township Council considered some kind of warning light system at the corner, and last week moved to install a $1,300 system for Lilla Street traffic. " But according to region- al works department offic- ials, the intersection is their responsibility under the Durham Act (establishing Durham Region) and discus- sions have already been held with the works departments "traffic people" about the intersection along with the Lilla Street widening project ed everything from barrel racing to an obstacle course. As for the cold, both snowmobilers and this youngster 'didn't mind a bit. After all, he had company to keep him warm. See page 17 for more pictures. to be undertaken by the Region this year. A works department official said last week that there was apparently some break-down in commun#® cation between the two levels of government on the juris- diction question. 'For some reason, Sucogog thought they were responsible for the installation," he said. Perhaps an indication of money well spent and the ig Ee ip DE x ARE ry - Durham Region pays for flashers right answer to the problem is the fact that both the regional body and the town- ship came up wjth the same solution to thé Lilla-Queen Street intersection problem. Both levels came up with the same type of sign. The only misugterstand- ing is who's to pay for it. No one locally is expect- ed to balk about the Region paying the bills. REL a Ry the Uxbridge meeting will be held "soon". Asked if the Penitentiary Service took into consider- ation Scugog's original op- position when considering the 15 sites in the two town- ships, Mr. Duff answered in the affirmative. Asked about the possibil- ity of locating a second insti- tution in the township which doesn't get the reception centre, Mr. Duff answered: "We would be most pleased to locate another institution in the area." ..Late last fall, Innisfil Township, near Barrie, turn- ed down the Penitentiary Service's offer of a multi- million dollar medium security penitentiary. Mr. Duff declined to say if this institution would be offered Scugog, should an Uxbridge site be approved for the reception centre. Uxbridge Councillor Bill Ballinger, the driving force behind Uxbridge's bid for the $10 million institution, also declined to make any definite statements about whether the centre's locat- ion has been decided. Mr. Ballinger said that the less said, the better it is. "We fought very hard to get it this far. We don't want to 'lose it now, after all that work." What's needed now, thinks the Uxbridge councillor, is unified action by council, and an attempt to avoid the emotionalism and sen- sationalism that plagued the question in the past. If indeed Uxbridge is the penitentiary service's choice, thinks Mr. Ballinger, the difference could have been that township's efforts in that direction. He said he's been on the telephone constantly with Kingston penitentiary officials, keep- ing abreast of what's going on and letting officials know that "we're interested". Scugog's Mayor Lawrence Malcolm said Monday he: was unaware of the reported preference of the Uxbridge site by penitentiary officials. Last communication he had with officials was about six weeks ago, 'when a real estate agent told him that 12 to 15 sites had just been submitted to the government with one site recommended. He said that as far as he knew, no other councillor had any further information. Last Thursday, Uxbridge (continued on page 8) Information centre qualified success Lilla Street residents, as well as all other concerned citizens of Port Perry and the -township, had their chance to see just what Durham Region has plaiined for the controversial Lilla Street project regional information centre was set up for the project last Thursday at the town- ship office. Regional works depart- ment officials said the centre was 100 per cent suc- cessful in what it was set up to do...to provide informat- ion on the project and to help clear up some apparent misconceptions that have led to some obvious miscon- ceptions. "It was obvious that there were a lot of people that were ill-informed," said Mike Wilson, a road design technician with the Regional Works Department. 'I don't know where they got their when a information from." that in many cases, once the factual information was out- lined, there was a greater willingness to accept the project. Perhaps the main dis- appointment for the officials was the somewhat small turnout. About 40 people signed the guest book, des- pite the fact that over 100 residents of Lilla Street were sent personal invitations by the Region to attend the information session. Sixteen residents of" Lilla Street turned out for the meet- ing. There were newspaper advertisements as well as press announcements. According to officials, more opposition to the pro- ject was expected. There were those who opposed the project at any price, 'But there were also those who (continued on page 9) ~ Council opposes three-lane Lilla Scugog Township Council Monday afternoon voted to reiterate its original stand on the Lilla Street recon- struction project and ask the Region works authorities to consider construction of two lanes with two reverse shoulders. The question of councils attitude toward the Region's three-lane alternative was put on the agenda by Mayor Lawrence Malcolm in an effort to "clearly state" council's position. That "position' appeared to be somewhat unclear, and councillors agreed that ai- though no approval had been given the three-lane design ...the latest "compromise by the region...no opposition to the project had likewise been Region. Referring to Bev Muir's belief that works people wrongly believe local resid- ents want the three-lane alternative, one councillor said he could see how they could get such an idea. Scugog Council is on record opposing a four-lane development of Lilla Street, and has submitted to the Region early last year an alternative that they feel would be adequate...two lanes with paved or grassed reverse shoulders. When the Region counter- ed with the three lane pro- posal, council found when perusing the records, the proposal was simply record- (continued: on page 14) forwarded to the Lr rie 3 " ed fos \ 3 % : IR AT NS eS is A PER 4s hi