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ffi supplement page 7 this old school house was founded in 1869 it is now the cedar grove park and community centre ontario anxious to preserve old landmarks the ontario government aware that there are old buildings and landmarks of genuine historic interest standing on the lands the province will acquire in connection with the new airport is anxious to pres erve as many of these as possible treasurer darcy mckeough said this week mckeough issued the statement to offset fears especially among local resi dents that development of the new community of ce- darwood would mean demo lition of many fine old houses buildings and land marks of historic interest he said government plan ners are being instructed to produce careful and sensi tive designs for the new community and for the provinces airportassociat ed services to minimize the impact on the existing pattern of settlement london airport to expand expansion of london air port announced march 2 by federal government author ities involves acquisition of 380 acres of land strength ening and extension of ex isting runways to 8800 and 7200 feet and installation of additional terminal ra dar and control tower equipment the longer runways will enable longhaul charter and international flights to use the airport increased domestic use will also be come possible authorities said the run ways are laid out in such a way that adjacent residen tial communities will not be affected by the increase in aircraft noise work on the expansion i see no reason why many of the fine old homes in the area designated for cedarwood cannot remain just as they are the ontario treasurer said legislation is being considered to preserve on tarios historical buildings mckeough said he has asked the cabinet minister responsible for the ontario heritage foundation to work with local historical societies on plans for pres erving old buildings and landmarks likely to be af fected by airportassociated projects ontario will also take the matter up with the federal government which is ac quiring the site for the air port itself mckeough said gpppto jf- wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimut the lapp bros cider and vinegar plant is just outside cedar grove ontario opens local office to provide as much information as possible to people in and around the site of the new air port the ontario govern ment has opened an of fice on brock road at the 4th concession road just north of the cpr tracks in charge of the office is m g milt phillips of the regional develop ment branch phillips is already well known in the area for his liaison work with the regional development council and other officials of the central ontario eco nomic region which in cludes pickering town ship two members of the provincial airport im plementation team who are concerned with prop erty appraisal and ac quisition are also at the onsite office at a later stage of the project the provinces entire property acquisi tion team will set up of fices in the area at queens park tele phone inquiries about the airport project are being handled at 965- 7971 local press has mixed reaction local press reaction to the announcement of the new airport site has been mixed with two main is sues emphasized economic development and the dislo cation of pickering town ship the pickerings bay news noted that the new airport plus industrial and residential expansions that will follow should be good economically for all living here but also expressed sorrow for those who would be uprooted from their homes and farms the markham economist and sun printed both posi tive and negative commen tary but the accent was placed on the question of future expansion of mark- ham itself the stouffville tribune emphasized that the pick ering site was final and that the area would have to make the best of it and face up to reality the pickering post reit erated the unlikelihood of changing the site noting that the cost of provincial services was the clincher for queens park in its support of the pickering lo cation the uxbridge times- journal expressed some concern over the lack of prior consultation with lo cal authorities and the en vironmental impact of the new airport but farther to the south the two ajax papers expressed satisfac tion over the new develop ment now expected east of toronto the news adver tiser emphasized the bene ficial economic aspects of the new site while the guardian accented political considerations noting we will now be part of an oshawabased regional gov ernment with the economic incentives needed to devel op a region east of metro the oshawa times also interpreted the new site choice favourably declar ing that the airport will have a fantastic effect on the oshawa centred region many many jobs will be created the lead edi torial also reflected upon the unfortunate dislocation of pickering township but concluded that the chosen site was best when regional planning objectives were taken into account governments chose site together no one has been more critical of federal policies than the treasurer of on tario however today i am happy to acknowledge the results of this form of joint planning in those words ontario treasurer darcy mc keough concluded his com ments to the legislature on the pickering township air port site and summed up the attitude of cooperation that made the choice possi ble the choice of the airport site as such is a federal responsibility but both gov ernments agree that such a choice would have been un likely if not impossible without provincial cooper ation the ontario govern ment in on the decision from the outset needed as surances that the chosen with its plan for the toron tocentred region its con cern also focussed on the servicelands parkland and prospects for community development all provin cial responsibilities in the twogovernment scheme now authorities from ot tawa and queens park are preparing to enter negotia tions to determine various details of costsharing that were set out only in princi ple at the time the picker ing site was chosen and an nounced meanwhile ontario gov ernment representatives are arranging consultations with municipalities in and around the pickering site to help devise appropriate zoning bylaws and other regulations which the pres ence of the airport will ne-