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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-05-18, Page 18Page 1O --The Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, May 18, 1972 Transport minister gives reasonsPic e • in any site study. MO,Tsaid.the North (Lake Sim - MOT said the Pickering site coe) and West (Guelph -Milton) was selected because it was fully lisites were eliminated early in the consistent with safety and other evaluation studies: the North be - aeronautical considerations. , cause a very large number of Although close to Toronto, people would be disturbed espe- populatigi in the immediate vi- cinity is relatively low, no major communities will be seriously af- fected by expropriation or unac- ceptable -noise levels and the en- vironmental impact is mini- mized. The site supports the develop- ment plans of the Ontario govern- ., ment and it is the closest of the six to the Toronto city centre. It most effectively 'complements Malton airport in serving Metro's present and future population and its, relationship to Lake On- tario and existing transportation corridors and facilities planned by the province make it the most economical to service with utili- ties. Transport Minister Don Jamie- son said that the Pickering air- port site was chosen over five otper locations because it rated the highest in an evaluation �f five principal factors used forsite selection. The Ministry of Transport (MOT) identified the five reject- ed sites as: North—just south of Lake Simcoe; East—just south of Lake Scugog; Southwest—at Peter's Corners near Dundas; West—between Guelph and Mil- ton; Northwest—near Orange- ville. The five major factors on which the possible sites were judged were:" Safety and techni- cal aviation considerations; so- cial and environmental disrup- tion; regional planning impact; passenger convenience; costs. MOT said there was no com- promise made on any question—of safety—the prime consideration The Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, May 18, 1972 Pickering sites were judged fully consistent with safety and techni- cal considerations.. Social and environmental dis- ruption—All sites create some disruption but in all the popula- cially during summer holidays tion is relatively small. The when -flight operations peak and Orangeville site would adversely because an airport would disrupt affect the recreational use of the prime recreational areas. Niagara. escarpment; Peer's The West site was eliminated Corners might adversely affect because it would cause severe the ecology of the Beverly interference with Malton flight swamp; the Scugog site would operations and it conflicts with adversely. affect the recreational the province's Toronto -Centred area around Lake Scugog. The Region plan. Pickering site will produce the The four remaining sites were least " social and ecological dis- eval.uated on the five principal ruption. site evaluation criteria: Regional planning impact— Safety, and technical aviation Only the Pickering and Scugog considerations—Severe winter sites support the province's To - storms in the Orangeville site ronto-Centred Region plan and would markedly reduce opera- the Pickering site has the addi- tional availability. The Scugog tional advantage of being easily site would be affected to a lesser connected to Malton via the extent. The Peter's Corners and multi -use transportation corridor OPEN FRIDAYS TO 9 PM PHONE 357-1020 ecision planned by the province. Passenger convenience -The Pickering site is the most con- veniently located for Metro resi- dents. It is closest to the city cen- tre -30 miles—and closest to Maltdn-35 miles. Costs—Total costs of the Pick- ering, Peter's Corners and Orangeville sites are essentially equal and considerably less than the Scugog site. But Pickering, because of its relationship to Lake Ontario and existing trans- • portation and other services, was termed more economic to de- velop. To turn to STOL aircraft as a • means of eliminating the need for a second major airport in. the To= ronto region would not be prac- ticable, Transport Minister Jamieson stated. Promising as the STOL is for certain purposes, its relatively slow speed limits its effective use to passenger trips under miles. The Toronto area airports pro, led team designing the new To- ron o airpor • as oust a even if STOIC were introduced before 1980 it would only have a minimal impact on the requirements for the additionalinternational air - Pt rojections to year 2000 show that the number of air traveller's making long-haul flights over 500 miles will increase from the pres- ent 5S per cent to 75 per cent of the total air passengers. Thus STO.L will not affect the travel habits of the majority. The Ministry of Transport recognizes the importance of STOL to the Toronto area and is studying .several sites that might accommodate short -haul flights. Nevertheless, whether short - haul traffic were removed from Malton to a new short -haul air- -pert, or conventional short -haul aircraft at Mallon were replaced by quieter STOL aircraft, any re- duction of noise at Malton would be counteracted by the continu- ing growth of the long-haul flights. 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