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Aurora On Wed More parking Main st mall in Urban Renewal Scheme In order to finance the towns share of Stage One or the Urban Renewal Scheme the planners estimate an II should also be remembered posed is included in this phase luring the it should be mind that an expenditure slight- for Stage One by the a total of almost officer within t the town will also construct new munici pal offices The planners also envisage Newmarket becoming a regional centre If this is so then 17 acres will be redeveloped They propose hat Main St between Park Ave and Water St be turned Into be closed to and that only service Some of the older stores will receive a facelifting and the walking mall will be- landscaped CONDITION The planners say that per cent of the buildings in Hie scheme area are in fair condition and per cent ore in poor condition Town wide averages per cent There have been changes in tenancy on Main St between and and Ibis is considered to be a high propor tion the planners say major singes arc contemplated and the has been Included to take Into Hie Office Specialty properly Stage One has as its objectives The creation of the ring road sys tem by the construction of the north- collector adjacent to lite railway tracks herein called Hallway Street This will initially in this Stage conned with Street at grade immediately west of Ihe railway track and will meet Main Street just north of the Baptist Church To connect Hallway St through to Millard Ave forming a new right of way between St and Millard Ave from Main to Church St To construct Church SI from Mil- to provide To improve tin of St and Prospect St To accommodate Hie anticipated in- in parking spaces by extending the rlli wards To acquire and clear some of the blighted buildings on east side Main St and to resell ho land for re II an oflii e commercial redevelopment To acquire properly between igle Streets for the develop- d public housing to relot wms displaced by the renewal proHsals To provide the services necessary Improve the existing systems and to service the redevelopment with these to Installed In conjunction with iiNiMiviiin wherever xissihle The enclosure of Holland between Water Street and the Hall way track Mils Is recommended as It will provide additional usable commercial lam and make possible the expansion of the arena at Die existing site Turning Industrial uses the report Office Specially Ltd is the only ta nk between Street and queen St As has lieen mentioned In the Urban Study a large portion of Ihe I buildings are functionally obsol- for most places It Is considered most un likely suitable tenant could be found to occupy the building as it exists at present and it therefore is recommend ed that if this properly should become available the County should attempt purchase and demolish the existing fac tory buildings in order to deveolp an of fice complex housing the County admin Office Specially Ltd has a rela tively new office building on his site which could be used for the present County administration functions As these departments grow or new departments are located In Newmarket hey all be centralized at this Although separated from Ihe core of the commercial area by the river and railway track an underground pedestrian way could be satisfactorily constructed provide adequate access INSTITUTIONAL In discussing institutional uses the planners slate that one major addition use of Office Specialty lands for County offices should be made In the Institutional The iustllullnnal areas which have been designated on the plan in ihe down town area are basically those which exist Ihe present time These include the four churches Ihe library and Ihe Fed eral building Willi the exception of the library no land expansion has been Indi cated Ihe others All occupy on which building expansion is still easily possible area indicated for lie arena is slightly enlarged from lis existing as it has been thought feasible to Increase Ihe seating capacity by expand ing the building sideways fills will be possible after the enclosing of Iho Holland through this section Allhough the building Is not partial lurry attractive Is structurally sound and of being rehabilitated The pres ent location Is thnught to he suitable for the duration of this plan but shier addi tional His may be necessary be yond this period sites for new location should be Investigated There Is one major addition to the In stitutional areas This previously lime that lie company plans on eventually relocating most of Its operations to Its new plant north of Newmarket There Is at present no confirm inn of any relocation plans that the Company may The possibility of the piescnl enterprise discontinuing its operations Is site poses llie question of what would happen to Ihe existing structures llie present are carried out in two complexes one north and one south of Timothy St The buildings north of Timothy St are In relatively condition and only two storied It is thought that i new Iciinnt may he found for this building or that cause an entirely separate function of the existing enterprise is housed in this buil ding It may well continue to this location In cither case it would ap pear that Industrial of soma sort will likely be maintained at llili location The buildings to the south however arc considerably older primarily of tim ber construction and of three storeys In y ill LEGEND STAGE I ft nil ml III J ii LANDS ACQUIRED mentioned lauds for an tiffin complex primarily for County administration on Ihe site occupied by the out dated Office Specialty Ltd buildings cost of the CN track and south of St It is sufficient lo hay Ibis point that the locution Is considered eminently suitable for such a development Ade quate parking would lie available this site the existing office building would provide Immediate accommodation In the near future the Town will re quire new facilities Three pos sible locations for the construction of these are presented for consideration The first of these Is land that has been designated for retention as single family housing on the west side of Street south of Street It is thought that the grouping of the Presby terian Church the Senior Citizens hous ing together with the promised public housing and tin park laud In Imimtl late vicinity could provide comprehen sive development nut an amenable setting for Ihe new building Depending upon the layout of the de- it may prove imishIIiIo to of church Hie second possible area is In the vicinity of library ami the Soviet of Church This again could provide a selling with a grouping com patible A third location Is area Immediate north of Ihe Street con- on the side of Main Street This elevated mid the I open pnivldo for tin suitable excel lent These sites ore purposed lis being considered he most suitable although others may ho possible consid eration Town the location chosen will In Incorporated Into the final Turning to traffic and road patterns the planners say thai a tiny pass through Nowmnrkel However Ihe report slates the num ber of trains aerating on Iho railway line will greatly Increase if the invent- Ontario decides to operate commuter trains between Nowmnrkcl and Toronlo They recommend two railway grade separation one on Water St and one on the St extension to the new Hallway Tiro plannora sec Ihnt ultimately Church Hallway Prospect Mll- scheme Next Housing wilt slay two lanes