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no special treatment on unionville streets weekender august 1 1987 p7 by alex newman bridle trail residents in union ville have voiced concern over what they term unnecessary im provements to the streets and sidewalks in their area the streets are only one or two years old exclaimed one irate woman who wished to remain anonymous bridle trail residents felt there was nothing wrong with the pave ment on their streets workmen started making curbs we resi dents thought maybe they were checking underground lines the next thing we know trucks from miller paving were here scraping the asphalt when the residents discovered that work was ordered by the town of markham they felt valu able tax dollars were being spent uselessly no wonder our taxes are so high here in unionville the woman complained adding she paid about 1 000 more than in any other area she lived while residents resented waste ful expenditure of tax dollars they were perplexed that many streets especially in older areas throughout markham were still in a terrible state of disre pair tony masongsong assistant director of engineering forthe town of markham explained that because the bridle trail subdivi sion had not yet been assumed by the town developers and buil ders are required to rectify all de ficiencies before transferring the subdivision to markham assuming a new subdivision is standard procedure in every municipality once 85 per cent of all residents have moved in ex pense for repairs prior to this rests entirely on the shoulders of the subdivider mr masongsong says that contrary to wasting tax dollars these improvements done by the developer and builder will prevent maintenance later and therefore save tax dollars in the future town building and subdivision inspectors investigate every aspect of a subdivision before transfer curbs streetlights paving to ensure acceptable workmanship on dalecroft the surface may have looked alright buy direct from the grower save box plants clearing flowers vegetables s ffcf your choice 10 boxes for s3buu hanging baskets buy 2 get 1 free of equal or lesser value shop rain or shine in our seven greenhouses 75000 boxes to choose from decoration sunday special mixed planter 750 allan uimderhell flowers greenhouses 220 main st n ofcn tuiur urns to i s mi to 9 pm uxbridge 852839s ub 6 pm b pu 8bbbs83 winners of teddy bears picnic contest markham super centre mall r chown wenny kassil isabel kerans dennis sheppherd una bhagwanda luis fernando cardona mary haynes william harris sanro baldell gary wong super centre mall will be open civic holiday mon aug 3 until 6 pm for your shopping convenience supercentre mall explained mr masongsong but the ashphalt had to be ground down because of drainage prob lems in the area mr masongsong pointed out that mill rates are consistent throughout markham and that taxes reflect property values this doesnt mean certain areas get preferential treatment they are repaired when necessary the resident had mentioned a huge crack at the end of dalecroft not two feet away from the new paving job when the weeken der relayed this information to the engineering department mr masongsong said if the crack had not already been reported and placed on a work order it would be brought to the attention of the inspectors ron moran markham regional councillor was familiar with the subdivision and tjie work being conducted the town is just making sure everything is in place sanitary and storm sew ers water lines walkways all this work is done for the protec tion of the taxpayer and doesnt cost them a nickel in the fast lane we know the pace is fast here in markham but this topsyturvy sign at markville shopping centre is the limit even those of us up on our metric werent fooled by this one bruce etheridge mshmmm 7jwmmm earlv week specials specials effective civic holiday monday aug 3 4 5 1987 ontario grown a- new white potatoes lb bags limit 2 bags per family purchase please product of usa fresh sweet juicy oranges dozen gay lea regular salted butter 1 lb package limit 2 packages per family purchase please regular ground beef lb ij v vkgmb umit 5 lbs per family purchase please del monte apple and orange juice 3x3x250 ml packages thats just 89 c package lie limit 1 case of 3x3x250 ml pkgs per family purchase please