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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1972-07-19, Page 4it ro, %indite luseph • • 0 • Er au r • ktooretteld Ltstowel ebanon' • 'Soon Ma der St Clements *(3) 33 x Exeter e ate•Arli° ao • 'W ,:Ciediton 1{10.166 r. o Suggest highway through Walton Dungannon o41,•••" • „cpjlow 4,$, 111Misiiii "Auburn "••••- perio...., u •• RIYM Own I Tr Rtpley ,./(1/11014 6 • .‘ PrirSdOlt .Holytootl SeeS•altr Eaniside:.. • • • Whliechsoih st Helen kamtr(e,; 4 %we ; Belmole . , "'•r '1;kelet „ • •• • • 6 Winghamr,or : ee arristnn • Wren 'lei 1 f °Wroth Palmerston ?Welton' Gowans.,; town ;Greenock iormosa MPles•orth Ethel WW1 .r.1, (;) Otthaldp .stron • • CakikpIVOOd le Roth OFIOalA VOinel Kent pcomore ••/-* Jy cOltettgn H, HOptY,Ite • olrteln 4 •, 0 • e,s,..; lilflattethein Mount F'orest In .11amascus Gordoriville Sheibrhe Ged311611e' $°""70 Ea"' " • ono PliMl066 , r , • 6 P MO) Ce6lfe :whng • Canna, 'Green • Grano Ladtel galley;Orangeville 7 ' Waldemar cI MSSOPVIlle ° Amines Mills, „ •".6 Alto Marseille 3 our gh Glen Crete brute held, Make St Columbus Dubin Kipper ' • P• Cromarty:, NS,lotta Rusteldal Hen 0 , Pref.: remon4 Seafortn1!:,.B'QdR•16e1•••''''''" 6 .4tA. lie, Clinton t'' Atwood • NI? „tsang, 4i) Centralia Of.41• :714;7 f. 434IIPI•lrin:i; , Mitchell allberg 4'1°Cl'Amduoltel.1.:617` --0•6 v i„,,water,o, •• PH 4mPe;bwi iuur rg& 0 f rowbridLe • Sete vili 1 •Stritford Shaliespeate Day on •oRelto.” L Goldstone Coitincr "Motion or Ktitche Sc‘P tilt man t t 0 f loradale '1 I ut Elmivon;rtiost,.. 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And that's where SUR • GAIN 14% PASTURE DAIRY RATION comes in • . . to sustain high milk production without loss of body weight. SHUR • GAIN 14% PASTURE DAIRY RATION SWEETENED balances total feed intake by supplying a high level of energy . energy to keep feed intake, production and butterfat levels up there—where the profits are ! Ask for it by name at our mill. SHUR-GAIN 4--4714E BRUSSELS post JULY 19, 1972 County brief calls for new look at .transportation I 4t Three recornMehdationS Were, Made by Huron. County in the brief- it presented recently to the House of Commons tand,.! ins Committee on TranspOrt and Communications when it held hearings iii$trattorci. Officially, the hearings were held to hear inforsistion On the results of the withdrawal of rail,. way service from western() ntar- 10 in 1970. The county, however, used the hearing to try to get across to the federal and provinc , tal governments the concern of , people in Huron about poor trans. portation. The County asked the commit- tee to (1) discuss with the prov- ince of Ontario the provision of a new rapid road system to reduce the "Time of travel,' to metro- politan areas. (2) provide a rapid rail. or bus service and freight between Huron County and large metropolitan areas. (3) discuss with the province the study of all transportation within Huron County. This study would include the relationship between road, rail, water and air facilities. The report noted that Huron now has no rail passenger ser- vice, only Inadequate single lane highways to metropolitan areas and no air or water passenger service. Discussing rail passenger ser- vice, the brief stated "No mat- ter what the economics of the service dictated It is apparent that while parts of this country have had services increased, ours has suffered in the trans- ition. The roads were adequate at one time, therefore. as the rail passenger service deteriorated the people turned more and more to the use of the highways by automobiles. Thus as highway traffic multiplied and rail pas- senger service was withdrawn, the 'time of travel' is greater& this puts Huron at a disadvantage when competing with other areas for industries and tourists. "The cost of transportation has in- creased,". the brief noted," but also the requirements for trans- portation have increased in all areas and especially in Huron County. Our location requires a speedy means of entry and exit for our industries, our citizens and our visitors. "For our industries to compete in the large market areas of the world, we must have rapid trans- portation of the raw materials to these industries and rapid trans- portation of the finished produce to world markets. "We cannot expect to compete until the "time of travel" for, these goods is' cut to the point where we can enter the market with a product whose costs are competitive and not penalized by the high rate of transporta- tion.?!. The; brief alSo claims Andiigfrl trial and .commercial :represent., j atives who have to travel to major- Metr9POlitan. areas quently, lose top much time in. traYetheOanse.Of the poor trana, portation system,. $low transportation also m akes: it hard to attract tourists into :Huron,. the brief sayS., "We need highways that go ;north and south and east and west In this area" it says._ 'The product of rapid. transportation would aid the dev. (Blyth Standard) If a superhighway to serve Huron County ever is built, one of the most logical routes would pass just outside Blyth. The possibility of a major new highway into Huron to serve the area and provide access to Lake Huron for residents of central Ontario 1n the Kitchener- Waterloo-Guelph area has been under discussion for several years. From time to time rumours have even spread through the county the provincial govern- ment has begun to survey a cer- tain area or has started assembling land. In each case, however, it's been wishful thinking on the part of the local residents. So far the,province has shown little interest in building a road- way into the area. Huron County officials are now actively engaged in trying to persuade the govern- ment that such a highway is need- ed if Huron is to have a chance to compete for tourists and in- elopment of tourist resorts in this part of the country and there-. fore provide a. large secondary industry inr our agriculturally orientated people," The report says that the lack of major secondary industrYfor- Pea- young people to leave Huron and go to cities they want to work in a non-agricultural Ind- ustry, A study of the possibility of setting up a water tranSportS- tion system from Lake St. Clair dustry with other parts of the province. They point out that time of travel to metropolitan areas it too long. The route some county off- icials are rumoured to favour would roughly follow County Road 25 from Dunlop, just north of God- erich on Highway 21 past Auburn and Blyth and Walton, through Perth and into Waterloo County where it would link up with the new multi-lane highway at New Hamburg. This would then link with Highway 401 after skirting Kitchener. The idea has merit both geo- graphically and politically. For one thing a quick look at a map shows that the present highways which approximate the route tobe followed, pass through few urban centres. In fact, the road even In its present condition is a fav- ourite with knowledgable drivers seeking a quick route from this part of the country to Highway 401. Yet despite the fact it goes through no large centres, it is within 10 or 15 minutes driving of most towns in Huron to. T.ohernicirY suggested. The brief Aotes that this would nec.. eSaitate the construction of many additional OpoingtactljtteselOng; the route and. eXPanaion. Of pre*, .ent facilities, but that the lake, shore would beoefit, not only through stopOverS of tourist carrying boats, but' also priv,- ately,•owned craft SP that, classes Of travelling visitors. could be encouraged to call. The Commons, committee was asked to hold freight rates in the and Perth. At Monkton, for in- stance, it is 12 miles from Lis- towel and 11 miles from Mitchell along Highway 23. Here at Blyth it is 11 miles from Clinton and 11 miles from Wingham. The actual' distance covered by the highway is also the short- est possible distance to be cover- ed to link the lakeshore with Highway 401, shorter in miles than either highway 86 or high- way 8. It would cause the least dis- ruption in the areas through wh- ich It passes because the highway right of way is already set out in most areas and would only need to be expanded. The route may also be pol- itically the best. If Highway 8 for instance, was chosen as the route for the superhighway, Mit- chell, Seaforth, Clinton and God- erich would be happy but Listowel Wingham, Lucknow and Kincar- dine would be angry because they would be put at a disadvan- tage. If, Highway 86 were ebbs- en, the opposite would be the. case. • ma. WAWA_ it WAs pointed ont l the cost of raw materials and the time it takea to enter this county cats grestlY Wfisehoe the est, ahlishMent of business in the area. The brief states that people in the area do not presently use bus service because it is to slow. g there was better service, the rePort predicts, more people Would use the service and this Would take cars off the highways, thus improving road transporta- tion and decreasing air pollu- tion. it says a fast highway sys- tem into the county would cut trOck-hauling time by one third, allowlog faster, cheaper service. "The automobile is not the true ansWerfor passenger trans- portation to the metropolitan ar. eas," the report goes onto say, "however, it is the only method for many of Huron County's cit. 5 izens. One the present highways it is slowed down by trucks and by the large number of small towns and villages it mustpassthrough. Again the answer for the car is a rapid provincial through high- way." A small commuter air ser- vice, probably as an Air Canada feeder line would solve many travel problems experienced by business and professional men. On a survey conducted last sum- mer by Huron County, a quest- ionnaire was circulated to 67 business establishments, of these 64 per cent said they would use the service. Further questioning revelaerl there were about 800 passenger trips per year for these businesses, not counting trips taken by the general public. The report called for federal and provincial co-operation to pro- vide airport facilities in Huron. It also said that use of the air service for freight as well as passengers would help the airline pay its way and help take some of the trucks off the highways, relieving conjestion. 4. In reviewing water transport- ation of freight, the report noted that so far only Industries ex- porting grain and salt have made wide 'use of water transport, but predicted that if Goderich was supplied with facilities for container and heavy equipment shipping, it would become a much more important port. The brief concluded by stat- ing that Huron needs subsidized passenger systems just as trans- poration in other parts of the country have been subsidized. Every week more and more people discover what mighty jobs are accomplished by low cost Brussels Post Want Ads. Dial 887-6614. Save on taxes by your retirement plan Money you put into your registered retirement plan can be deducted from the income on which you pay tiix. Put that money away in monthly instalments in your Victoria and Grey special savings account — beginninvight now. 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