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economist suntribune york region thursday nov 251999 december 9th 1999 8pm an oevaopmem ltd accident victim still in critical condition a markham mans condition remained critical yesterday two days after he was thrown from his pickup in a collision at hwy 7 and reesor ed peter nice of locust hill was still in the critical care unit of sunnybrook health sciences centre in north york no charges had been reported laid by police in the twovehicle crash which is being investigated by the aurora ope mikeadler population projections this chart shows the projected populations for each york region municipality beginning wrththe original estimates for 2021 the revised estimates for 2021 and new estimates for 2026 town 2021 original 2021 revised 2026 aurora 65000 69000 75400 east gwillbnbury 40000 51000 60600 geoigfna 65000 67000 73800 king township 25000 32000 43900 markham 310000 326000 348200 newmarket 85000 95000 98500 richmond hill 200000 212000 218200 vaughan 290000 305000 329100 whitchurchstoufrviile 30000 38000 40900 york region total 1100000 1190000 1278600 source the region of york 0sff- ibfisiiippwjbe k wiujaimioaxi 1st mm s jjazaai jn llnionoille ee niorville remaricable new 1 ipme demons while you gfetci imnp on liolkltiy siiojjpinc i nique oralis and giilf ror everyone in your ramily freehold townhoqies coriiie homes cached homes including bungalows with twocar ciaraaes visionary homes from si 69 990 to i us under s30000c jlvyv- rjj j v j j i ij pjl vvv v free bell pwgramn ixpressu satellite disli w- ling asidlnsioiualiisn v a pie liiesiyieysrem fif j uaxfl uackemzie oft j shi 1 jibli ifii tin ksfl emery mm 1 r h o m e s rasbrabfifefjii e9ibt 19oi k or 187795emer rubber pipe returns to set development numbers from pagfe 1 i think the thing to stress here the numbers are essential ly the same as last time theres a bit of fine tuning this is not a big change but thats not the way york mayors see it even though theyre generally the ones who approve the developments unless the ontario municipal board steps in for example the omb forced holland landing to double in size to 16000 resi dents despite objections from east gwillimbury council king township mayor margaret black whose residents are opposed to growth acknowledged her municipalitys forecasts needed to be bumped up the region had originally said king would be home to 25000 residents but thafs been increased to 32000 however black is angry the region is pegging the towns 2026 population at 43900 tm not in agreement with 43900 at all the 32000 is in the right range she said but 43900 i would disagree with its just not supported by our council or any of our community plans thats not even remotely close black plans to challenge the forecasts at todays regional council meeting the numbers are crazy we would have to redo the community plans and revise the numbers we wont do it are we suicidal or what black reasoned its foolish to approve higher population forecasts when the gta is already faring gridlock on the roads we have a transportation crisis in the gta and we really need to start dealing with that before we start bumping up the numbers she said black isnt the only one upset with the numbers no region no province no gta services board is tellingus were going higher than the numbers weve planned for said aurora mayor tim jones whose town is slated to increase by another 4000 residents to 69000 under the regions newfore- casts region up to old tricks aurora deputy mayor john west suggested the region is up to its old tricks again notinghe watched population figures get bumped up several times when he was mayor during the development boom of the late 1980s in fact it became such a common occurrence that west used to joke the yorkdurham sewage system known as the big pipe was made of elastic the capacity of the pipe deter mines how much development can take place in the regions urban municipalities of newmarket aurora richmond hill markham and vaughan now that development is booming again after the reces sion west believes the forecasts will continuously be revised to accommodate more growth weve got the rubber pipe back again it amazes me with the region you never accept the numbers they make them up as they go along he said eventually i figured the calculator got stuck and it just kept spitting out numbers meanwhile nobody has figured but what were going to do with all the cars markham deputy mayor frank scarpitti chairperson of the regions planning committee has also expressed concerns about the regions ability to handle growth