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a by patrick casey staff writer york region will take yet arioth- er look at banning trucks off some regional roads three weeks after york region chairperson bill fisch fold home owners jiving near regional roads to get use to the noise and high traffic volumes council has asked the regions transportation com mittee to identify a series of alter nate routes heavy commercial trucks can use in high density resi dential neighbourhoods last week council refused to support a committee report rec ommending truck restrictions not be implemented on langstaff road between hwy 7 and dufferin street in vaughan and richmond hills elgin mills road between yonge and bathurst streets and they also endorsed a truck ban on markhams ninth line between hwy 7 and sixteenth avenue a twolane stretch of road markham regional councillor gord landoh has long lobbied to get approved but that decision angered several councillors including vaughan mayor lorna jackson who said it sends a dan gerous precedent that some regional roads are not built to allovv all traffic and whitchurchstouffville mayor wayne emmerson said his v community has its own share of traffic thanks to a host of gravel pits throughout the township lets be honest its not just one small section piecemealing it with one here and one there means we will only get hit by our residents warned emmerson it heeds to be looked at where all these trucks are coming from you people need our aggregate but i have to work with them the ninth line south of stouffville road is very narrow and im disap pointed the report didnt discuss all of the ninth line both jackson and richmond hill mayor bill bell said if alterna tive routes are available for truck t traffic local municipalities snould assume responsibility for the exist- ing roadways it wasnt that long ago that the region was fold they had to take over the ninth line markham wanted it to be a regional road and now they dont want- it to be a regional road bell said maybe the costs of the improvements to the ninth line shouldgo back- to the town of markham the region has posted alterna- tive truck route signs in newrriarkefahd the eastwest cor ridor through whitchufch- stouffville providing guidance for drivers around sensitive areas but the routes are not enforceable a- xa s urj is- mongate bark radohe 2885 altona rd pickering i resents dont justlie there saysomething by michael pertwee k tickets dinner show 95 taxes included sunday nov 5 12 only with this ad buy 2 save s10 buy 4 save s25 9054723085 wwwherbngatecom t 7zapn financial services the best choice is here mortgages i 1 yr90 5 yr 700 stouffville office 905 6429507 deposit rates 1 yr 5875 3 yr 600 r 5yr 630 rates subject to change without notice wljittljurtljtoiiffmllftflpmbcrofcoiuiiimc your business is our business and invite you to heot the aihlklrttes v federal election oak ridges riding h- forthe areas ofwhitchurchsroiiffville richmond hill and north markham above 16th avenue v thursday november 9 2000 meadowbrook golf country club 1 1939wardeh avenue of stouffville road gbrmley moderator jim mason stbufryille sun 730 km registration buffet breakfast 800 am program start 900 am adjourn cost members 1500 prepaid non-members- 2000 prepaid v please rsvp by november 3rd whitchurchstouftville chamber of commerce tel 905r6424227 fax 9056428966 j ecpnqmistsun stdiifme tribune thexiberal satmjclsiyyovembtt 500 jpxrl ltelxam hall 50564rl333 get a start on yourhohdaygiftbuying