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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2005-08-31, Page 1146011 Jo..n DEERE (519)235-1115 www.hurontractor.com LI1 HURON TRACTOR Exeter ]groes cpcn c I @ 414, tiay www.hoy.net HIGH SPEED INTERNET SERVING EXETER & SURROUNDING AREAS For as low as $19.95/mo. (519)236-4333 TIMES ADVOCATE Exeter, Ontario, Canada Wednesday, August 31, 2005 1 .25 (includes GST) The Exeter Lioness held a barbecue on Friday for the Exeter Summer Reading CIub.Two members from the Lioness, Marie Nethercott and Liz Stephens serve Nolan Regier left, Colin Regier and Bradley RegierThe Lioness have put on a summer end barbecue for about eight years. (photo/Nina Van Lieshout) Will Huron Park businesses move elsewhere? By Scott Nixon TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF HURON PARK — Frustration and anger are growing among Huron Park businesses weary of delays in the industrial park's privatization. Several of those businesses met with South Huron council Monday night in a boardroom of Huron Park manufacturer Gnutti Ltd. While the province, which owns Huron Park, announced last August it was going to sell the industri- al side of the park, no sales have taken place and some businesses, tiring of the delay, are threatening to leave. Gnutti plant manager Randy France said the delays have been "a big vicious circle," with businesses told at some points to deal with the province, who in turn tells them to deal with the municipality and vice versa. "We're going nowhere with this," he said, adding Gnutti has been trying to get an answer on buying its buildings and property since 2002. Noting that there are about 600 jobs in Huron Park, he said it's in every- one's best interest the businesses stay there. Dunline Industries president Carl Hannigan said businesses in Huron Park are coming up against many roadblocks in their attempts to buy property. "It's easier somewhere else," he said, raising the issue of moving. "It's got to be." He said Dunline is now "a lot less interested in buying" than it was. One of the main issues in the sale of the park is the deterioration of its 60 -year-old infrastructure, which was built quickly during the Second World War. Water lines, stormwater sewers and sanitary sewers run under buildings, Mayor Rob Morley explained Monday night, with, in some cases three or four lines running through a single property. "It's just a mess," he said, adding that, while sever- ances aren't impossible, they will take time to deter- mine. And while a $7 million project is going ahead to replace the infrastructure on the residential side, the municipality isn't sure how much it will cost to replace the infrastructure on the industrial side. Morley esti- mated it could also be $7 million, but later added "it could be $2 million, it could be $10 million." If the Huron Park businesses own their properties, they would be on the hook for paying for the infra- structure, as it would be billed on a user pay system. On the residential side, the province is ultimately pay- ing for the infrastructure because it owns all the land and isn't privatizing it in the immediate future. South Huron chief administrative officer Larry See HURON PARK page 2 MORTGAGE INTELLIGENCE TM The SunCoast Mortgage Team Justin Christie, AMP • Keith Walper, AMP 45 Ontario Street South • Grand Bend 519.238.HOME • 866.544.4001 Head office: 5280 Solar Drive, Suite 101, Mississauga ON L4W 5M8 ©2005 SunCoast Consultants Inc. TmTrademark Easy Comparison, More Choices, Best Rates. SunCoast. ca ...Making it Easy of Mortgage Intelligence Inc. • ®Registered trademark of Mortgage Intelligence Inc.