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22 economist suntribune transportation saturday oct 12 2002 ork ymphony rchestra roberto jdecla presents berlioz featlj ring roman carnival overture beethowen p la f guest artist gloria saarinen pianist dvorak symphony 6 trinity anglican church 416 4100860 79 victoria st aurora 1 block e of wnge st s of wellington st sat oct 1902 800pm markham theatre 905 3057469 171 town centre blvd highway 7 warden ave sun oct 2002 730pm tickets adults 20 seniorsstudents 15 under 12 5 in partnership with the economist and sun notice of study commencement new hagerman railtorail grade separation town of markham the study morrison hershfield limited has been retained by gotransitto undertake a preliminary design study for a new hagerman railtorail grade separation gotransit is in the process of increasing its current rail service along the stouffville line this service crosses the cn rail line at the hagerman diamond which restricts gotransits ability to increase its service levels throughout the area to remove this operational constraint on the stouffville rail line and improve overall customer service it is proposed to construct a railtorail grade separation at the hagerman diamond the proposed work will also include a railtoroad grade separation at fourteenth avenue the process the project will follow the planning process for a group b project as contained in the go transit class environmental assessment 1995 with the opportunity for public involvement throughout the project is currently in the preliminary design stage which involves the development of alternative designs for the facility a public information centre pic will be held during the study to seek public comment and input on these alternatives at the completion of this study an environmental study report esr will be prepared to document the preliminary design work the public and agency consultation process the esr will include a description of the potential environmental impacts and commitments for mitigation the esr will be filed for public and agency review prior to construction and notices of viewing locations will be published at that time comments you are invited to comment on this undertaking before any final design decisions are made any groups or individuals wishing to comment on or be involved in the environmental study must indicate their interest preferably in writing to doug hoffman project manager or morrison hershfield limited suite 600 235yorkland boulevard toronto ontario m2j 1t1 416 4993110 telephone 416 4991457 facsimile dhoffmanmorrisonhershfieldcom greg ashbee senior project engineer gotransit 20 bay street suite 600 toronto ontario m5j 2w3 416 8693600 ext 5211 telephone 416 8691563 facsimile gregagotransitcom go transit is the province of ontarios interregional public transit service for the greatertoronto and hamilton areas comments and information regarding this study are being collected to assist in meeting the requirements of the environmental assessment act this material will be maintained on file for use during the study and may be included in study documentation with the exception of personal information all comments will become part of the public record mm 407 slaps new limit on buying transponders bymikeadler staff writer potential hwy 407 users are being told new transponder accounts are offlimits unless they agree to preauthorize all payments the toll roads private owners started applying the policy in august but its mainly for the sake of customer convenience spokesperson dale albers explained this week a lot of customers receive bills for 6 or 8 and they really hate writing cheques for such a small amount he said transponders which are devices that signal electronic equipment on the highway cost 10 to turn on and 2 a month to maintain for each account customers can continue to pay by cheque or on the internet for accounts begun before aug 1 but new accounts including secondary ones for family mem bers or employees must be pre- authorized the consortium says regular 407 users have little choice about making such arrangements because cars with out a transponder are charged 265 trucks pay 50 each time they are on the highway they need not provide a cred it card number mr albers said he suggested charges can be drawn from any debit card or a bank account just like a mort gage or a car payment each amount charged is withdrawn 10 days after the billing date mr albers said which should allow customers six or seven days to view a bill after it arrives by mail the prepayment policy is overt arrogance according to bob baird of markham a daily user who discovered it recently while signing his wife up for a transponder i use the internet to pay the tolls because i find it conven ient mr baird said i dont want people to have access to my private credit card account the consortium which says it is following industry standards in the tolling industry is still seeking to restart an arrange ment that would see the high ways former owner the provin cial government refuse license plate renewals to customers who dont settle their bills this unique blocking ability was suspended three years ago after 407etr received many complaints about its customer service 407etr which sends out 14 million bills each month has hired more customer serv ice staff all roadhandler dunlo tires on sale roadhandler maximizer plus passenger tires our lowest prices of the season 49000 series sale from 5609 each p17570r13 other sizes sale 63799734 each w order r2884 ne103a1 b 1