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ahcl mccowan 7 road v she would be willing to use public transit r the sheppard subway extension will even- r tually stop rightoutside her office but its inconvenient and costly s las far as yeldon is concerned traffic prob lems have definitely compounded since she moved to markharn 10 years ago and she fears it wifl only get worse as york region growsfrom665b00 residents today to 11 million in 2021 j thirigshaye to get worse theres only so many exits out of town and everyone leaves at the sametime in the morning she said i just think they politicians need to s assess the road problems before they get- would like to go further worse r t he wants politicians to block new subdi- the regions tiransportatidncpmmission- visions until developers finish building new ef kees schipper did assess uie state of roads or expanding existing ones to handle yorks transportation network for this years new traffic its a logical step tie reasons but budget process nol common practice now his warnings were so severe council the east end of markharn is totally para- i he stressed a good transportation system rr iv 1 not only do pebpleneed toget towdrkt- school and shopping but more arid jnbfe 1- irnmnanws atir tplvincr on tnp rnarl nn niah- vr stafphotosjoerdwineveen northbound traffic backs up along mccowan road towards hwy 7 at the start of evening rushhour thursday under construction thefiftfi itva series of articles examining york regions growthand how it affects companies are lobkihgfof just deuverytlie railways1arrying a smaller proportion of freight schipper said truck traffic v been increasirig dfaxv matically industries dont want to ware house a lot of products hi parts they want t their warehousing done on wheels thats an added challenge in a region already struggling to keep up 4 v not only is york the fastest growing region in ontario it is also enjoying the gtasfastest f j employment growth the region is expected c to add another 110000 jdksjby 2001 3 y there are now as many workers travelling into york every day as those who commute out of the region y however yorks transportation profile is- worrisome l the 1996 transportation tomorrow survey showed york residents have more vehicles per household and make the high- s est number of automobile trips per day compared to other gta regions meanwhile at 5 per cent york has one of the lowest transit usage rates in the gta adding more pressure to the clogged roads julie kranitzandrade and her husband victor were astounded by traffic levels in the gta whenthey moved from montreal to newmarket fduryearsagoy- j i haveone major bbneto pick withjser- vices in york region and its transportation said julie r she is also shockedand dismayed about the state of the transit system ihclud ing the fact there are onlytwo go trains a day between newmarket and toronto and shes concerned t cost of running inefficieritlocal ttarisitsystems i s its nice to pay lip service that people should take transit but its chicken and egg ff they carit iiriprpye thesysteiri until nfi- s people use it andriibre people wont use it agreed to immediately boost bud- lyzed the road system is not working now per cent since1994 untu they improve it- t getby10miliibn after several years iof biits he said acusjbmted transit system newmarket councillor gail- parks isya york will now spend between 50 million weie seeing gridlock if its just a case of the provinces decision to pass responsi- member of yorks fledgling transittask fdrcev arid55milfionayearonroadsacombi- putting m more hdmevforet it j for gq transition to the greater shes flabbergasted- by yorks failure f to jr i- according toschipperyork is facing a toronto services board which is in danger haveanmtegratedtsitsy numberpfttanspbrtati 6f665000 s the regions rapid development after a- nt been a major capitalihvestment in go i j ci ii- ji i infrastructure inyorkfdr most of this decade and theres no reason to believe that will nation of taxesand development charges bn new- construction for tliej hexttwb decades totiaftdle growth georgina councillor danny wheelerhad slow down of growth during the recession repeatedly warned that- york would face a yorks residential development is reminis- day of reckonings decayingroads gridlock loss of economic development- opportuni ties by neglecting the roads year after year this yearcouncil listened markharn councillor gord landon cent of the frantic pace of the 1980s change soon the loss of provincial road subsidies its hard to see municipalities being able the downloading of provincial highways to afford hundreds of millions of dollars b and the uploading bflocaf roads which has needed for go overthe next 10 to 20 years do it but i equateitto a mortgage for a increased the regions road network by 26 schipper said house parks said v herarhbitibus plan calls fpr subways light rapid rail lines and dedicated bus lanes throughout the region 1 v were lqokihg at millions and millions and millions of dollars to dp what we have to do were looking at mortgaging our future to f f t 1 i x j 1 s v f v v r