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Proudly serving Grimsby, Lincoln, West Lincoln & Winona Dropping In Five-year-old Allie Nelson of Smithville does her best at Poultryfest’s the egg drop competition on Saturday. Event organizer Danielle Firmin provides a little advice. For more photos and coverage, please see Page 6. Williscraft - Photo
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GO “a work in progress” PIC attendees get secondary transit plan update in Grimsby By Mike Williscraft NewsNow There was a great deal visitors to last Thursday’s public information centre meeting in Grimsby wanted to hear but nobody expected to hear there might be one train in and out of Toronto daily to start. “I had not heard that before Thursday night,” said resident Tony Joosse of discussions among visitors at town hall. He was not the only one who heard of the limited schedule as more than a dozen visitors to the PIC meeting voiced the similar concerns. While many talked Thursday that Metrolinx may propose one train into Toronto at 7 a.m. - possibly 6 a.m.) and one return train to Niagara at 5 p.m. - Niagara Region manager of community planning Diana Morreale said no proposed schedule has surfaced as yet. “It’s a process,” said Morreale, noting Metrolinx is in ongoing negotiations with CN regarding a 25-km stretch of tracks. Improvements to the tracks usage times are the two major points being discussed. “We have not seen a
formal proposed schedule as yet,” said Morreale. “But ridership must be developed. Burlington now has a train every half-hour but it didn’t start that way. It took a long time to develop. We are hoping to know the schedule soon.” The focus of the study includes: • Work with Metrolinx to provide input on station design; • Prepare Secondary Plans for the lands around the station areas; • Conduct transportation analysis around each station, and; • Market analysis to determine development potential around the station areas. Aside from the schedule or the train service itself, also of major concern to residents is the plethora of construction which will evolve in the area surrounding the proposed GO station at Casablanca Boulevard and the South Service Road. Those on-hand Thursday heard the 178 hectare area in the study area could see an additional 4,750 residents, and nearly 1,900 jobs SEE GO, Page 2