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retirement across from clock tower stouffviixe wxicopks vol7n027 i ametmlatdumtmumtyneivspaper saturday july 61991 tfzu iyour jaguar repair specialist 172 bullock drive unit 31 markham 4718660 w group meeting with grier sierra club to raise concerns at july 23 meeting with ministry officials at queens park roger belgrave staff reporter later this month members of a local environmen tal group are scheduled for a long awaited meeting with environment minister ruth grier and local mpp larry oconnor members of the sierra club will meet with gov ernment officials july 23 at ministry offices president of the york and durham regions chap ter of the worlds largest environmental group ken jobe is hesitant to divulge the groups lengthy agen da heading into the meeting im reluctantto comment publicly what our agenda is until after the meetinghe stated but the group has been trying for years to have the province designate the oak ridges moraine an environmentally sensitive area stouffviue is among several communities which draw their drinking water from beneath the moraine the landscape stretches west from the niagara escarpment to the trent river on the east a recent announcement from the ministry of nat ural resources indicated some areas along the moraine will indeed be designated as significant natural areas under new provincial guidelines no development will be permitted in those areas the announcement seems like the light at the end of a tunnel suggested jobe but the club is still preparing a detailed reaction to each point in the announcement it is likely however discussion at the meeting will also concern the high pollution levels in the areas kettle lakes according to jobe cries for help have been ignored by stouffviue council because of their inaction we deal now at the provincial level he pointed out the group has been trying to sit down with provincial officials and discuss environmental issues since the new government was elected hwy 47 construction ongoing road construction on hwy 47 between main street and bloomington side road is scheduled to continue for a few more months according to ministry of transportation officials the work reconstruction and removal of pavement will continue until at least nov 1 work crews will be removing unstable soil in some places and replacing it with more stable gravel materi al pavement had deteriorated to the point where it needed major maintenance says senior project man ager boerallison the construction area starts at hemlock drive south and runs for about 100 meters to just south of bloom ington side road once completed the driving lanes will be about a foot wider while the shoulders will be about two feet wider drainage on the road will also be improved workers are also adding a left turn lane at the sales barn for southbound traffic teen killed in bicycle accident the child of former stouffviue residents was tragically killed in a cycling accident over the long weekend melanie harris the 14year old daughter of former residents bev and glenn harris was struck by a truck while riding her bicycle across a road near port perry the accident occurred at about 930 am monday on hwy 7 a near crandall road in port perry whitby ontario provincial police are still investigating the acci dent funeral services for the child were held at oneill funeral home in stouffviue wednesday east gwillimbury proposal could draw 30000 people enzo dl matteo staff reporter an ambitious redevelopment plan for east gwillimbury north of stouffviue was presented to york regional council last week in what is being trumpeted as a proposal to build the first idyllic community in all of canada james kirk a planner representing the developer queensville properties called the redevelopment proposal a model of the renewed attitude in north america towards community development the redevelopment plan which is based on a tradi tional compact town design is meant to allow easy access to services and amenities by keeping them within walking distance the plan includes a town centre a range of housing- types a radial street network to coincide with the shape of surrounding valleys bicycle pathways and neighborhood parks t human scale buildings a public square the preser vation of historical landmarks are also called for in the plan the proposal which includes separate plans for a private university is estimated to attract 30000 peo ple to east gwillimbury many possibly from this area regional councillor ron moran of markham how ever said the proposal didnt fit into the nodal devel opment system preferred by the province for the greater toronto area moran was also concerned about municipal servic ing in the area kirk responded that servicing can be accommodat ed within york regions existing infrastructure the planner added that the total population growth being planned for york cannot be accommodated within the regions existing municipalities and that the queensville proposal will actually arrest urban sprawl now eating up important agricultural lands east gwillimbury mayor robert featherstonhaugh noted that there is a movement in planning back to the future toward more traditional compact urban development he called the queensville proposal part of a com plete system of growth being planned for east gwillimbury the region has referred the plan to staff for comment 4714505 87 porsche 944s magnificent 24995 markham jeepeagle markham village 347 main st north hwy 48 where you can buy a used jeep with confidence 4714505 80 caravan ie 7 poss air 7995 8701dsc1erra air plus 6995 90 yj 6cylhtop 13995 85 grand wagonneer 6995 89 mustang ix loaded 7995 87 cherokee 4x4 air auto 11995 85jeepcj laredo 89dodge split air 6 pass 9395 88umited leaded 11995