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Exeter Times -Advocate
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Town council to cut some parking spots?
By Craig Bradford
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER — Town coun-
cil hopes eliminating a
line or two and adding
some others will help ease
traffic problems along
Exeter's Main St.
Council discussed Main
St. transportation plan-
ning at Monday night's
meeting.
Council directed staff to
work on plans to elimi-
nate some parking spaces
near problem corners like
along Sanders St. by the
library. Also planned are
right lane turn road
markings on busy streets
turning onto Main St.
Coun. Peter Armstrong
made the motion under-
lining the fact such moves
won't create construction
costs.
Deputy Reeve Dave Urlin
moved council adopt the
second of two options and
its first four steps con-
tained in chief administra-
tive officer Rick Hundey's
report.
Option two calls for
council and staff identify
Main St. improvements
and then hire a consultant
to design them. The first
four steps call for:
•Mapping all Main St.
parking areas and lane
and parking configura-
tions at key points on
Main (Sanders, Huron,
Victoria, Wellington, north
of the Ausable River).
Barbecue
planned
LUCAN — An upcoming
barbecue in Lucan is
designed to give single
parents in the area a
chance to meet and talk to
one another.
Lucan's Youth Uniting
Communities group is
holding the barbecue at
Market Street Park on
June 17 from 6 p.m. to 8
p.m.
Single parents are invit-
' d to bring their children.
For more information,
call Carrie at Youth
Uniting Communities at
227-1614.
Usborne &
Hibbert Mutual
Fire Insurance
Company
Exeter, Ont. NOM 181
(Established in 1876)
Provides Full Insu-
rance Coverage
for Farm Properties
New Applications are
Welcomed
DIRECTORS &
ADJUSTERS
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A refund from surplus
was declared for all poli-
cy holders who qualify,
are on record and in good
standing as at December
31, 1998.
*Identify key problem
areas and provide possi-
ble solutions. Those prob-
lem areas include the
above Intersections with
solutions ranging from
eliminating parking from
Huron -Main and Sanders -
Main and adding a right
turn lane to eliminating
all parking along Main
north of the Ausable River
to pave the way for four
lane traffic.
•Consult on issues and
options with Exeter Police
Services Board, the
London OPP, Exeter
Business Association and
Chamber of Commerce.
•Council decision on pri-
orities/options.
The fifth and final step
under option two is to hire
the consultant.
Option one calls for hir-
ing a consultant first to
assess Main St. and
Thames Rd. East and to
design improvements.
Coun. Robert
Drummond was not in
favour of paying a consul-
tant.
"As far as I'm con-
cerned, the consultant can
stay in his office," he said.
Drummond suggested
putting an ad in the
Times -Advocate asking
for the public's input on
traffic problem areas
along Main St.
Coun. Peter Armstrong
questioned why can't the
town send the Ministry of
Transportation a list of
possible road changes for
their comments.
Service delivery manag-
er Dave Moyer responded
to both Drummond's and
Armstrong's questions
that an engineer has to
draw up plans before
MTO is brought in.
Mayor Ben Hoogenboom
wants to find a university
or college student in their
last year of study in a
transportation related
field to help the town out.
Clerk -treasurer
Elizabeth Bell reminded
council any changes to
either Main St. or Thames
Rd. would need Huron
County's approval since
the province downloaded
the former Hwy. 4 (Main
St.) and Hwy. 83 (Thames
Rd.) to the county.
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