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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-08-12, Page 1Fulton promises to review Hwy. 4 plans Area municipalities were pro­ mised by Ontario Minister of Transport and Communications Minister Ed Fulton that current reconstruction plans for Highway 4 between Blyth and Wingham will get a serious review on a priority basis. Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships 40 CENTSWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1987 While combines whirled on nearby farms around them a group of pioneer threshing enthusiasts brought back a scene from another time last week as, in the dying light of the day, they stooked grain. The job is part of the preparations for the annual Huron Pioneer Thresher Reunion next month in Blyth. Bill Andrews, Joe Hallahan, Norman Cook, and Frank Hallahan made short work of the task. [See additional pictures and story on page 5.] Brussels agrees where to start street numbers Brussels street numbers will be determined around a central point of Mill St. and Turnberry St., Brussels council decided Aug. 4 at its regular meeting. Councillors agreed to take that main corner as the starting point Blyth apartment building holds open house Saturday One of the largest privately- owned building projects in Blyth’s history will be officially opened on Saturday. Gypsy Lane Apartments, owned by Robbie and Carole Lawrie will be open to the public for tours on Saturday and Sunday. The eight­ Prior to the August 5 meeting in Blyth, Mr. Fulton and Jack Riddell, M.P.P. for Huron- Middlesex and Agriculture Mini­ ster were given a first hand tour of the road from Blyth to Wingham with county officials and Blyth Reeve Albert Wasson. Mr. Fulton for all numbers. All streetseast and west of Turnberry Street will be names east or west with numbers starting at the corner of Turnberry. Turnberry itself will be numbered northandsouth from the Mill street intersection. unit apartment building on Gypsy Lane will be officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony by Blyth Reeve Albert Wasson on Saturday at 1 p.m. The model apartment will then be open for tours from 1 - 4 p.m. and 7 - 9 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. (Another story on Page 16). said he was concerned with the narrowness of the present road but particularly with the winter driving conditions saying Reeve Wasson had pointed out five or six particularly bad spots for visibility problems due to snow banks. Mr. Fulton said that although he There was considerable discus­ sion as to the sequence of numbering buildings. Hugh Han- ly, clerk-treasurer said it had been suggested that each block be given a “100” designation, the first block on the street being a 100 block, the next block being a 200 block etc. with all buildings in the block starting with 100 or 200 even though there are not 100 lots in each block. Ruth Sauve, newly appointed councillor, said her experience with this numbering system in other communities was that the first building in the block should be 100, the last, 199 and the middle one 150 with the rest of the buildings given designations be- didn’t go around the province making promises he would give his undertaking that he and his staff would carry out a review of current construction plans to see that they are in the best interests of Huron County and the province. Plans as outlined earlier in tween those. This would allow for additional numbers to be used in the future if, for instance, apart­ ments were opened above main street businesses. Council did not make afinal decision on how the numbers should be designated. Council awarded the tender for sidewalk construction on Mill St. East and William street to H. L. TenPas Construction, the lowest of two tenders received. The total tender price was $6,700 which was not only the lower tender but used a better quality of concrete than specified in the tender. Council asked Mr. Hanly to see if the contractor could possibly complete his work by Aug. 30 so that tenders Continued on page 28 correspondence to the local muni­ cipalities and Huron County from Gerry Browning, Regional Direc­ tor for the MTC in London, are to repave the road and widen the pavement. Mr. Browning had dismissed calls from the munici­ palities, led by Blyth Reeve Wasson, for complete rebuilding of the road to eliminate drainage and snow build-up problems say­ ing the safety record of the road and the traffic load did not warrant the major expenditure involved. Earlier in the meeting Wednes­ day afternoon in Memorial Hall Mr. Fulton had listened as speaker after speaker from area municipal­ ities told of the need for improve­ ments to the road. Doug Fraser, Reeve of Morris, said that his township worries about the many times Highway 4 is closed in the winter saying the township people depend on the road for travel of school busses and for the travel by area fife departments. If the road is closed, he said, how can the township have proper fire protec­ tion. When he hears the highway has been closed, he said, he worries about how many people may be caught between work and home or school and home. Bruce Machan, reeve of Wing­ ham said Wingham is a thriving community that depends on the highway and felt the road should be improved. Former Wingham Reeve Joe Kerr had told him that to the best of his memory the section of highway was first paved in 1936 and had been repaved in 1956 and 1976. Tom Cunningham, reeve of Hullett township, said that though his township was to the south of the stretch of highway in question, he knew that since the Blyth-Clinton portion of the road was improved years ago, it has a much better reputation than the Blyth-Wing- ham portion. He worries person­ ally, he said, because he has a daughter that travels to Wingham everyday to teach school. While most of the area politi­ cians professed they couldn’t re member when Highway 4 was paved, East Wawanosh Reeve Ernest Snell said he could remem­ ber the year the original paving went down more than 50 years ago. Turnberry Deputy-Reeve Doug Fortune said that he had been involved with a company using large trucks, often with oversized loads and they avoided Highway 4, using county roads instead. The overuse of county roads was one of the concerns dealt with in a three-page brief read by Dennis Merrall, Huron County Engineer. In reviewing the present condition Continued on page 3 Ask the candidate If you could ask all three candidates in Huron riding in the upcoming election a ques­ tion, what would it be? The Citizen, as part of its coverage for the Sept. 10 electionplanstoaskall three candidates, Paul Klopp for the NDP, Nico Peters for the Progressive Conservatives and Jack Riddell for the Liberals, questions about the issues of the day. But what are the issues in Huron county? This is your chance to tell us what you would like to know from the candi­ dates. Send questions you would like asked to: Questions, The Citizen, P.O. Box 429, Blyth or 152, Brussels. We can’t promise to ask all the questions but we’ll select a number to put to the candidates.