Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 3, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday september 3, 1963 11 metro population May top half million in 1963 Small open spaces can be developed at a minimum expense in residential areas to provide attractive spaces in which children can play and adults relax. J Tivice As Many cars by 1986 if you think there Are too Many ears on the Road now you d might As Well toss out your car keys right away. There May be twice As Many by 1986. The introduction to metro s draft development plan of greater Winnipeg says there Are about motor vehicles in greater Winnipeg now or 236 for every per sons. If this ratio remains the same there will be nearly twice As Many motor vehicles in the metropolitan area by planners estimate. By 1986, it will be Normal for a family to have three cars the planners predict. There is every indication the ratio will in fact increase As More and More families be come owners of two or three automobiles. The need for improved thoroughfares is therefore in a move to get away from Block on Block of buildings in line recommendations suggest what is called a setback to provide variation and also to provide Aiea in which downtown landscaping can become common. Planners urge shopping Centre development planners Hope to see shopping Centre types of developments rather than strip commercial developments along both sides of major traffic routes. The aesthetic advantages of a group of stores designed As a unit can have an important effect of the appearance of a residential say planners in a draft metro development plan. Buildings for Community use can be planned in relation to one another to make use of combined Park ing so that other land nearby can be released for landscaping the open areas. How landscaping can be used to reduce the effects of uncontrolled development is illustrated Here. The Bottom picture shows a Row of houses built with no planned relationship while the top shows How this area can be improved by the removal of overhead wires and the addition of landscaping designed to present a uniform predicted by 1986 greater Winnipeg s popu lation is expected to exceed this year Accord ing to the draft develop ment plan for greater Winnipeg just released by metro. Calculations made on the basis if the Dom Ninion census of 1961 and on trends in the last five years indicate this population growth is continuing at the rate of a Little More than one person per hour 24 hours a Day 365 Days a in 1901, the metropolitan area contained people. During 1961 it contained 80 per cent by 1986 the area will have added More than people in increase of 80 per cent in 23 years says the draft. Resi dents would then number about 900.000. The plan predicts the Popula Tion Boom will be a real explosion in the suburbs. The City of Winnipeg will grow slowly compared with the suburbs which Are expected to More than double their population Dur ing the next 23 years. North Kil Donart Charleswood Assiniboia old Kildonan East and West St. Paul and Tuxedo Are expected to More than treble their population. Suburban cities the six suburban cities West Kildonan East Kildonan St. James St. Vital St. Boniface and Transcona and the municipality of fort Garry will have the greatest numerical increase with an additional people expected by 1986, it is predicted. About 38 Square Miles of land will be required for More than 100.000 new residences the draft says. This is greater than the area now developed for Homes. Many factors influencing the development of specific areas have not yet been evaluated says the plan although preliminary studies indicate that Assini Boia Charleswood. Fort Garry and Transcona will be among the areas which will develop most rapidly. Young and old teen agers and senior citizens will make up a larger portion of the population. While these predictions May Gladden the hearts of the cosmetic record or drink industries they also indicate a greater Load upon the schools and facilities for the the plan says. Metro s labor Force will in crease about 50 per cent to 000 from by 1986 the draft predicts. This increase does not keep Pace with the anticipated in crease in the total metropolitan population. The difference is Lar gely accounted for by the in crease in the teen age and senior citizens groups and by continuing decreases in the male labor participation rates in the 14 to 19, 20 to 24 and Over 65 age the plan introduction adds this of course suggests that More people will be staying at school longer and More will be retiring in the place of a Long straight sidewalk for pedestrian traffic in an extended Block this planned Walkway would give Relief from noise and provide a walk area completely away from cars and trucks. Dogs on ilk. Mail Trail London Reuters police investigating Britain s great train robbery put tracker dogs on the scent tuesday in South coast areas where 14 mailbag and several pairs of gloves were found monday. Another search was made among rocks at the foot of Cliffs near the resort town of Brighton where a single mailbag was re covered. The searches continued Al though police officials said Early today they accounted for almost All the stolen mailbag when the thieves l i d e o u t was found nearly three weeks ago. Bank officials today neared the end of close scrutiny of each Bill recovered by police since the aug. 8 mail train robbery which netted the gang 000 the one tenth of the loot has been were studied to see whether they could be identified or would tally with serial numbers provided by Banks. Eight persons have been arrested in connection with the Case. Three of them were freed on bail monday and the others were ordered held in custody until a further hearing sept. 10. Have new Homes nearly one third of the fam Ilies in Bulgaria Are living in Homes built since the second world War. For Public Parks planners Eye Riverbank land the expansion of Public ownership of Riverbank land As Well As a Large scale land buying project for Public Parks Are contained in metro s draft development plan. If formally approved later this year plans would result in freezing of Riverbank land now owned by local governments j so it can t be sold. Purchasing a total of acres of Park land in five years. Preserving Creek valleys so they can t be filled in by developers thus ruining their aesthetic open air restaurant to lift City s face it is neither possible nor desirable to integrate and control the appearance of the downtown area says metro s draft development plan. Each generation makes its contribution and adds to the in Terest variety and Richness of the Urban scene providing it is acknowledged that each building is part of the total aspect of the and that it should not stand alone in vulgarity and exhibition it adds. The comments came in a Sec Tion on Urban appearance which commends private Industry for redeveloping the downtown area. The corporation will work in financial Harmony by 1986? metro s draft development plan for greater Winnipeg predicts fewer financial 1986. Metro has been criticized by municipalities for plans to Stop some local governments from working for tax revenues by enticing Industry. Metro s policy has been that Industry will be established in areas where it is thought it should be located to provide a Benefit for the whole metropolitan area irrespective of Munici pal boundaries. The municipalities have complained that metro is taking taxes away from them and should therefore award financial compensation. The development plan states that the plan is concerned with the Community 25 years hence and by then inter govern mental fiscal policies Are cer Tain to have co operation with the designers to achieve a desired Standard which includes a Small Square and open air restaurant in the retail shopping Centre adding to the pleasure and convenience of shopping and contributing to a pleasing Street a Walkway instead of lanes to give pedestrians Relief from the noise and conflict of autos. Community buildings plan Ned in relation to one another to provide joint parking facilities so some land is made available for greenery. A method of financing the Cost of underground wiring so no hardship is forced on the Home owner. Residential open spaces for neighbourhood play areas. Artists conceptions such As those on this Page were used in the massive plan to illustrate the pages of data. They also give a graphic illustration of the ideas and their application which in some cases have been used in other centres in Canada. Sets election dates Seoul Korea s ruling Junta announced Satur Day it will hold National elections this fall and return the country to civil Rule in Decem Ber. Strongman Gen. Chung Hee Park said the presidential elec Tion in which he is expected to run As a civilian will be held Between oct. 11-20 and the elec Tion of a one House legislature Between nov. 21-30. Value As Well As blocking vital storm drainage areas. The affirmation of the policy directed towards a Long Range land buying scheme of privately owned riverbanks. Much of the Riverbank Park land will come from areas subject to flooding which Are now or will be zoned flood Plain to prevent their use. Other open land along the River Banks and in Creek valleys particularly if it is outside the line of primary flood defence should not be developed according to the plan. The plan shows Large Green areas along riverbanks which it is thought should eventually come into the Public Domain. On this topic the plan says it is unlikely that it would be financially possible to acquire Large sections of developed River Bank property for Public use in the immediate future but this is a Long term objective. As a step towards this aim the plan will require that any land now held by local govern ments should not be sold for Pri vate at the time of preparing the draft metro was considering a policy for the acquisition of River Bank land. It is Likely that the policy will be established and incorporated into the plan before it is formally approved. Adenauer s party hits Wilson Bonn Reuters British labor party Leader Harold Wil son was criticized Here monday by West German Chancellor Adenauer s Christian Democrat party for supporting communist doctrines. The party press service hit at Wilson who last weekend in Hamburg told a German Audi ence he favored a thinning out of military commitments in Cen trial Europe. The service said Wilson was propagating a policy of under standing Between East and West which practically amounts to the theses of russian Premier Khrushchev and East German Leader both had been trying to Tell the world for years it had to accept the existence of a divided Germany the press service said ;