HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2001-08-22, Page 9PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC ROAD NAME CHANGES
Section 210 (111) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990
Notice is hereby given that the following Councils intend to pass
a by-law to rename public roads which were previously named
and due to 9-1-1 regulations the Councils have deemed it
necessary to change the names of certain streets/roads in their
respective municipalities.
The public road naming changes will facilitate the County-wide
Municipal Addressing System which is required for the 9-1-1
Emergency Response System.
The following are the roads/streets affected by the change:
From
1/ For the Turnberry Ward in the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry and Ward 3 of
the former Town of Wingham in the Township of North Huron
i) North Street B Line Road
(east of Josephine Street)
ii) North Street North Street West
(west of Josephine Street)
iii) Macintosh Street Victoria Street
2/ For Ward 1 of the former Village of Blyth in the Township of North Huron
i) Victoria Street Thuell Street
3/ For the Turnberry Ward in the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry
i) Turnberry-Culross Road Turnberry-Culross Road West
(west of London Road)
ii) Turnberry-Culross Road Huron Bruce Road
(east of London Road)
iii) James Street (Lower Town Wingham) Maitland Street
iv) Queen Street (Lower Town Wingham) Augusta Street
4/ For the Morris Ward in the Municipality of Morris-Turnberry
i) Queen Street (Hamlet of Walton) Blyth Road
ii) High Street (Hamlet of Walton) Brussels Line
Additional Information relating to the proposed renaming of public roads is
available for inspection at the respective Municipal Office.
Dated this 17th day of August, 2001
John Stewart, Clerk
Nancy Michie, Clerk
Township of North Huron Municipality of Morris-Turnberry
519-357.3550
519-887-6137
Municipality
Municipality of
Morris-Turnberry
Township of
North Huron
Clerk
Nancy Michie
John Stewart
Public Meeting Date
Tuesday, September 18,2001
8:00 p.m.
Monday, September 17,2001
7:30 p.m.
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2001. PAGE 9.
Downhill racer
When heavy rain resulted in the cancellation of the motocross races on Sunday for the first
time in 10 years, some adventurous folk found another way to entertain themselves. This pair
created their version of a mudslide down into a three-foot 'puddle' at the bottom of the hill.
Despite the surprise ending to the weekend, trophies were presented. Because the races run
on a one-moto format means the decisions were made on thd points taken from that one race.
(Vicky Bremner photo)
CRTC Reviewing Rules for Local Telephone Service Prices
Regulatory rules regarding local telephone service prices are now under review by the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as part of Public
Notice CRTC 2001-37 - Price Cap Review and Related Issues. As part of this process,
Bell Canada has filed proposals with the CRTC that are intended to:
• Ensure that competition is maintained and encouraged in Canada's healthy,
competitive telecommunications market;
• Encourage investment in the communications industry, ensuring continued
innovation and leading-edge technology;
• Extend and improve local service in many remote areas; and
• Ensure prices for local service remain affordable.
Canadian Industry Facts
Today, Canadians benefit from a world-leading communications industry with some
of the most advanced and lowest priced telephone services anywhere.
• Canadian prices for basic local service are lower than comparable services
in other major industrialized countries.
• Long distance prices in Canada have fallen more than 40 per cent since
the introduction of competition.
• Close to 99 per cent of Canadians have basic telephone service, a higher p¢age
than in the U.S.
• Canadians benefit from the world's lowest prices for Internet access
(both dial-up and high-speed).
For many services, such as long distance, wireless and Internet access, Canada's low
prices are a direct result of competition and clearly demonstrate the benefits of reliance
on market forces.
Highlights of the Bell Proposal
While the prices for many services are subject to market forces alone, local telephone
services, such as the basic connection to the home and office and payphone services, are
subject to a number of regulatory rules. Bell's proposal, which would come into effect over
a four-year period beginning in 2(X)2, does not call for specific price changes for regulated
services. Rather,it recommends a framework that would limit any local service price
changes, subject to CRTC approval, based on the following:
• Monthly prices for basic local residential and business services in most areas could
increase, on average, by no more than the annual rate of inflation;
• Monthly prices for basic service in rural and remote areas - where prices today
are far below the cost of providing the service - could increase by no more than
$2.00 each year, to a maximum monthly charge of $29.65 at the end of the
four-year period;
• Ongoing monitoring of the effects of price increases on affordability would continue;
• Customers would receive rebates if CRTC-mandated quality of service indicators
were not met and
• The flexibility to increase prices of payphone service (affecting indoor pay-phones
only, where the price could increase over the four-year period to 50 cents per call).
Payphone prices have not changed since 1981.
And with our latest Service Improvement. Plan, Bell is ro?osing to invest $41 million
to connect, over two years, more than 500 remote localities in Ontario and Quebec where
basic local telephone service is currently unavailable.
Through gradual and moderate increases in basic residential service prices, service would
remain affordable, while encouraging greater competition and innovation.
How to Participate in the CRTC Proceeding
Initiated in March, 2001, the Price Cap Review and Related Issues proceeding follows up
on key regulatory decisions that opened up Canada's telecommunications industry
to competition in the 1990s.
If you would like to file written comments, please do so writing to the Commission,
with a copy to Bell, by October 15, 2001, at the following addresses:
CRTC: Bell Canada:
Secretary General R.F. Farmer
CRTC Vice-President — Regulatory Matters
Ottawa, Ontario Bell Canada
K1 A ON2 Floor 5, 105 Hotel de Ville
Fax: (819) 953-0795 18X 4H7
E-mail: procedure@crtc.gc.ca Hull, Quebec
Fax: (819) 773-5629
E-mail: bell.regulatory@bell.ca
A public hearing is scheduled for the first two weeks of October in Hull, Quebec.
October 1, 2(X)1, is reserved for comments from the public, which may be given in person
or by teleconference. To present oral comments, you must register by writing to the CRT(
at the above address by September 20, 2001, specifying whether you intend to participate
in person or by teleconference.
Please note that more information about the proceeding is available on the
CRTC web si -e (http://www.crtc.gc.ca/PartVii/Eng/2001/8678/C12-11.htm)
or by calling 1-877-249-CRTC (2782).
Bell's proposal is also available for examinarKm
on the CRTC web site. If you have questions specific
to the Bell proposal, please call 1 866 625-0586. Eisen