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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News Record, 2016-12-14, Page 44 News Record • Wednesday, December 14, 2016 opinion www.clintonnewsrecord.com NewsCl Record PUBLISHED WEEKLY — EST. 1860 53 Albert St. P.O. 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Canada Al ocna Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the Ontario Community Newspapers Association Ontario commuters, the road tolls for thee The idea to charge a toll for by other motorists who fear drivers who use two com- such an idea could spread to muter roadways in Toronto is roads elsewhere in Ontario. sure to spill over into the rest Tory noted tolls are paid in of the province, especially many cities around the world, now that Premier Kathleen and have been shown to Wynne says she has no reduce travel times and ease objections. congestion. Moreover, they At issue are the Gardiner also encourage the use of Expressway and the Don Val- public transit ley Parkway, two heavily used But make no mistake about roadways that carry thou- it, his concem is being driven sands of commuters in and by revenue. Toronto will need out of Toronto every day. to spend approximately $33 Mayor John Tory last month billion over the next 20 years said establishing them as toll to improve and expand its roads would help contribute major transit and infrastruc- to their upkeep, adding that, ture. Charging a fee for those as an example, a $2 per vehi- who actuallyuse those public cle toll would easily raise $200 services would go a long way million annually for the in making them more municipal treasury. affordable. Some have expressed out- Using Tory's math, Toronto rage, but that is mostly could conceivably raise $4bi1- expressed by commuters and lion over the next two decades — Letters to the editor -- something that has already piqued Wynne's interest. In 2013, she said: "We need to find away to create dedicated revenue streams for roads and bridges, i.e., a fund that would allow us to work with municipalities to make sure those infrastructure needs are met" Outside the privately owned and operated High- way407, there are no estab- lished toll roads in Ontario, but such roads -- and bridges -- are not anew idea. Indeed, when the Garden City Skyway opened in 1963 at St. Catharines, a toll was initially charged to help pay for its cost. As well, the Ministry of Transportation in September rolled out a pilot project that established special toll lanes Craig Robertson Postmedia Network Mayor John Tory at Executive press conference after committee meeting on road tolls and TTC Thursday December 1, 2016. on the Queen Flizabeth Way from Oakville to Burlington with a three-month permit costing $180. The two- to four- year pilot project "will help the province leam about and plan for a more efficient high- way network in Ontario," according to the MTO's website. Loosely translated, that means the ministry is proba- blylooking at introducing toll roads to the rest of the 400 -series of highways in Ontario, despite Transport Minister Steven Del Duca's recent claim the province has no such plans. - Peter Epp, Post- media Network Home for the Holidays House Tour Dear editor, Over four hundred tour visitors thoroughly enjoyed the diversity of the five loca- tions at the recent Home for the Holidays House Tour. Their comments were so appreciated, making our tour another success! We express sincere thanks to Dr. Peter Salsbury and Kim Tessier, John and Mary -Ann Neutel, Janet Haverkamp at Maple Hill, Lloyd and Teresa Jantzi and the Royal Canadian Legion for showing their properties. Each location was willingly offered assistance with decor from our local busi- ness Per-Fect Designs, Backyard Flower Shop, Nature's Nest, NJS Designs and Interior Trends. NJS Designs and Per-Fect Designs transformed the Legion into a spectacular and comforting setting for refreshment enjoyment. Our thanks to Rick Shrop- shall and his executive for their use of the Legion. We must not forget to give our thanks to the Clinton News Record and Focus for their coverage prior to the tour. Thanks to all. Thanks to those who pur- chased tour tickets. Without your support, we could not have achieved such a suc- cessful tout Your support enables us to continue funding of our community projects, for example the Lions Park, as well as our latest, the disc golf course. We must not forget to thank the local businesses who so willingly sold tour tickets as well as the many volunteers assisting at each location. A special Legion refresh- ment stop included a door prize draw of diamond jew- elry, which was won by Megan Scruton of Clinton. Our congratulations! We extend a huge thanks to our wives for their assis- tance in coordinating another successful tour fundraiser. Sincerely, The Lions Club of Clinton FROM THE ARCHIVES 15 years ago... • Auditors had found two major accounting errors in the former village of Bayfield finances from the year 2000. Bluewater trea- surer Luanne Phair was investigating what appeared to be $24,000 owed to the Federal Government plus another $28,397.26 owed to the Huron Perth Roman Catholic District School Board. 25 years ago... • The first Reduced Impaired Driving Every- where (RIDE) spot check of the Christmas season had resulted in no charges being laid. Two Clinton police constables conducted a RIDE program on Victoria Street. Approxi- mately 70 vehicles were stopped, but no vio- lations were recorded. • A meeting was held in Brucefield to discuss proposals for a new Brucefield Volunteer Fire Department hall. About 100 residents attended the meeting and expressed their concerns and made suggestions for the pro- posed new fire hat. Howard Armstrong, the Reeve of Stanley township, finished by high- lighting that the need to maintain a fire hall was still alive, regardless of the cost. One life saved is worth it.cular," he said. petition put on by the University of Waterloo. 35 years ago... • A horse named Harlo Buffy, owned by Pat Brown of Clinton, picked up her sixth win from 19 starts at the Western Fair Raceway in London. John Muir of Seaforth was the trainer -driver for the five-year-old pacing mare. Buffy earned well over $5,500 in her lifetime. • Gisele Ireland, farm magazine columnist and activist who with husband Brian ran a hog operation near Teeswater gave a humor- ous talk on the trials and tribulations of being a farm wife. With high interest rates and the country's economic slump she noted, "it's getting harder and harder to find funny things to write about." She figured a farm wife was valued at $682 a week. Thoughts, observations or concerns about this community? Thoughts, observations or concerns about this community? Share them with Clinton and the surrounding area. Email your letters to the editor to Justine at jalkema@postmedia.com. Any opinions expressed in a letter to the editor reflect those of the writer and not those of the Clinton News Record. The Clinton News Record retains the rights to edit letters to the editor. 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