Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), May 27, 2006, p. 16

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16 the markham economist sun transpokimion saturday may 27 2006 project could mean faster commute for your go train by caroline grech staff writer if you are a commuter who takes the go train from markham into the city your commute will get easier in the near future at least that is the plan for a new project in markham that will stop cn rail cars from intersecting with go trains dignitaries including federal transportation minister lawrence cannon were on hand for the groundbreaking ceremony to start building an underpass to stop cn trail lines from intersecting with go trains the 47million project is expected to be completed by the end of 2007 the improvement will mean better travel times and possibly more trains on the track in the future vasie papadopoulos spokesperson for go transit said the project entails building an underpass to avoid trains intersecting between the milliken and unionville go stations the underpass will eliminate go transits stouffville corridor from cross ing a major east- west freight line owned and operated by canadian national railway in february york region started con struction on go transits bradford corri dor line in vaughan between the york uni versity and rutherford go stations an overpass is also being built to separate two intersecting rail lines like the project in stouffville this 23 million project will- stop go transits bradford corridor from crossing another eastwest freight line run by cn railway the vaughan project is also expected to be completed by 2007 wine reception taste some fine wines and help a great cause pathways for children youth and families a charitable organization serv ing atrisk youth and young families in york region will hold its fifth annual pathways to wine june 8 this is pathways major annual fundraising event consisting of interna tional wine tasting and a silent auction this fundraiser is essential to the organization according to jim thom son executive director of pathways while the cost of providing services continues to rise pathways govern ment funding remains the same he said they our clients are already vul nerable the last thing we need to do is to slap on a user fee this years goal is to raise 30000 mr thomson said the cost to attend pathways to wine is 50 per ticket allinclusive for more information contact pathways at 905- 4717877 or by email at adminpath- waysyorkregionorg to buy tickets the event is june 8 from 7 to 930 pm at southbrbok farm and winery 1061 major mackenzie dr for more information about pathways visit wwwpathwaysyorkregionorg

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