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BY "M MASON Staff Writer Whitchurch-Stouffville GO bus and train riders, you will have another option as of Thes- dav- The new $5.5-million Lincol- nville station, offering train and bus connections, will transport its first passengers Sept. 2. New $5.5â€"M station gOOd tOGO Tues The station, complete with a ‘ kiss-and-ride loop, is at Bethesda Road and Tenth Line, nonhéast of Stouffville near the Uxbridge border. It’s expected to serve riders from eastern Stoufiville and Uxbridge. The 'site, a former GO train storage yard, has 150 parking Spaces with room for more. It’s fully accessible. It's the seventh GO station opened by the McGuinty Liber- als, transportation minister Jim Bradley said at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday. GO has 59 stations in the province. If you take York Regional Transit in Stouflville or beyond, you need to douâ€" ble check the schedule starting Sunday. More than 50 route and’ schedule changes will adjust and improve ser- vices across York Region. Residents are adfised to use the YRT/ Viva website and customer service cen- tre to stay informed and plan ahead. Service changes include reinstate- ment of school specials serving high schools throughout York Region, as well as the introduction of six new school special routes. Revamped YRT schedule starts Sunday PfOVince giyes ‘A- A‘A Oak Ridgesâ€"Markham MPP BY JOHN SLYKHUIS Staff Writer Helena Iaczek said the station should free up parking Spots at the crowdea downtown Stouflville station. Commuters told her about parking short- ages as she campaigned at the station last fall. Train service from the new station is offered Monday to Fri- day. The first train will depart Lincolnville station at 5:18 a.m., scheduled to arrive at Union Staâ€" tion in Toronto at 6:20 am. Bus service is seven days a week - One-way and day tickets are available from a vending machine at the station. Other tickets. including seniors (65 and older) and students and multi-ride pass- es, can be purchased from the Whitchurch-Stouffville Chamber of Commerce office in the downtown Stouffville station. > F0! a GO train 8: bus schedule, 90 to www.90transitcom Finch Station will be extended to meet the last northbound TI‘C train at 2:15 a.m. on weekdays and weekends. A. > For more information about YRTNiva services, visit the YRT/ Viva website at www.yrt.ca or call the Customer Service Centre at 1-866â€"MOVE-YRT (668-3978). York Region chairperson Bill Fisch “volunteers” his credit card to buy tickets for the G0 train at the new Lincolnville GO Station in Whitchurch-Stoufl'ville at Bethesda Road and Tenth Line after the oficial opening on Thursday. Look- ing on are Minister of Transportation )irn Bradley (from left), GO Transit chairperson Peter Smith, Markham-Oak Ridges MPP Helena Iaczek and Mayor Wayne Emmerson. r and schedules will be adjusted to serve commuters throughout York Region. Service changes will be promoted through advertisements in local news- papers, posters at affected bus stops, information on YET/Viva vehicles and online at www.yrt.ca under “Service Changes". YRTIVlva offers local and rapid tran- sit service options throughout all nine municipalities of York Region. More than 80 routes keep residents connected within York Region. as well as with the City of Toronto and the Region of Peel. BY HM MASON Staff Writer Thank Dalton McGuinty for some road work com- ing soon to a street near you, Whitchurch-Stouffville. The province announced a $1.7 billion surplus, some of which will be spent on local roads, Monday. The big surplus is for the long list of infrastructure needs such as the roads, water supply, sewer systems, pavement conditions and sidewalks. York Region was handed about $53 million to update and maintain transit systems and affordable housing. ' The Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville will réceive $880,000. It will be poured into roads at the discretion of town council, said Mayor Wayne Emmerson, who appreciated the money and its timing. 7 _ “It’s really good and ahead of schedule," he said. “Last year, we got this after our budget and our roads budget (were set). “We do have some issues with roads and this is welcome.” Don't expect the cash to cure all problems. The recent upgrading of sections of Manitoba Street and McCowan Road cost about $1 million each. $880,000 for town road(s) Smufiviflg §yn-'Ih'bune I Satum Aug. COUNCILTO PICK PROJECT STAFF PHOTO/SJOERD WITTEVEEN