Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 19, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba A pm m the province Winnipeg free press january 1990 Page 2 Julian provincial editor town fears Highway route by Maureen Houston Winnipeg free press Ile Des Chenes residents Here Are worried that plans to twin Highway 59 May reroute traffic several Kilometres East of hurting local businesses and destroying valuable heavy commuter traffic South of Winnipeg has convinced the province that the two Lane Highway should be expanded to four lanes at a Cost of More than present route favored most residents would like to see it left where it Jacques the local if the Highway runs by the its much better for although Only two of the four options presented to the Public Here yesterday would bypass the All will involve expropriation of houses and land somewhere along the a burgeoning population in the area has turned he Des Chenes into a bedroom Community of and raised traffic Levels on Highway 59 to vehicles a most area residents at the open House agreed a four Lane Highway from the perimeter Highway to he Des Chenes is but no one could agree where it should flee press consultant explains options for routing a four Lane Highway 59 around he Des while one route would More or less follow the existing the other three would see portions either North or South of Oak Grove Road rerouted to the engineering consultant Hugh Mackinnon said because it requires the logistics of routing the Highway Are its a question of either hitting acreage Homes or going around to the Back where wed have to take More no matter which option is chosen when the study is completed this one area businessman said his livelihood is Jack Polanski owns a service station along the Highway about six Kilometres North of a family business for 26 the operation was relocated once before when the construction of Highway 59 forced the closing of its original location along Highway die a slow history is repeating were dead in the his i told them they might As Well just Slit my All four Polanski will move the Highway away from his which depends on traffic to were going to die a slow death and we put our Best years into this business its our pension Reeve John Wallace of the Rural municipality of Ritchot said the survival of Polanski business was one of councils main concerns when it heard the proposals last Wallace Council is convinced the Village of lie Des Chenes can get by without the Highway running he said Council supports an option that reroutes the Highway to the Denis owner of the Roadside he Des Chenes motor said losing the Highway May not be All bad for As Long As the Access Road is Well the town is currently locked in by the Tran Canada pipelines the Highway and the Seine River Desrochers said moving Highway 59 May provide room for Recap reconsiders construction plans by Patrick Mckinley Recap Manitoba is reconsidering its plan to build a Wood hip Ping facility at Swan a com Pany official said Bill manager of plan Ning and said options being studied by the company in clude having Mobile Chipping operations in the Bush to Supply Wood chips from the Swan River area to recaps facilities in the the move would eliminate the need to build the to million Chipping announced when the company bought financially troubled Manfor from the provincial government last who stressed it will be several months before the company is ready to make a said not building the Swan River Plant would have Little Impact on the 200 jobs the plan was to create in the Swan River most of those jobs were in har vesting the Wood and not at the Plant he adding it is still the company ultimate goal to obtain a Supply of Wood chips from Swan but Liberal la John Angus Norbert warned yesterday that the province must get tougher with the company to ensure that the economic benefits of the Manfor Deal do not slip through Manitoba the Sale agreement called for Recap to begin construction of the Swan River Plant before the end of last he deadline demanded the contract has no ands or he demanding that the government set a deadline for construction to new Democrat Harry Harapiak the Pas predicted 30 jobs in the Swan River area will be wiped out if Recap uses Mobile Chipping plants instead of building a Central facile he said Swan River was already dealt a blow when the government decided to give Recap Access to Timber near Swan River instead of letting it go to Penn co a company that wanted to build a wafer Board Plant employing up to 400 i think that the people from Swan River Are going to be extremely he i think they Recap Are going Back on their the government should go to Recap and Tell them this is the commitment you he finance minister Clayton Man Ness could not be reached last night for reaction to hendersons com in the legislature earlier yester manness said the company is technically in violation of its con tract because of its failure to Start construction by he said the province does not plan to Issue any Ultima tums or seek redress because the company is being the minister was referring its announced last to Solic it proposals from Swan River con tractors interested in supplying it with Wood manness tied the delay in the Chipping Plant to the fact that the province has yet to Issue an Environ mental licence for the first phase of recaps the first Worth involves modernization and expansion of recaps facilities in the neither manness nor the province anticipated when signing the con tract that environmental approval would take so he the clean environment commis Sion recently recommended that the first phase be allowed to but environment minister Glen Cummings has yet to Issue a i it state proposal spurned by Randy Turner Winnipeg free press Brandon the Manitoba Tele phone systems proposed rate Struc Ture for municipalities adjacent to Brandon is bureaucratic Ludi the president of the bran Don chamber of Commerce charged Don Penny told a news Confer ence the proposed rates discriminate against residents in surround ing areas without Penny noted residents at Canadian forces base 20 Kilometres East of Are charged Long distance rates for Calls to the even though the base is essentially a Brandon employees at the including 400 use Brandon such As transportation and he Shilo is Brandon Shilo is said who added that the current and proposed rate structures Only serve to alienate the which serves As an economic Boon to the they its cannot continue to cause conflict in Rural Manitoba ver sus Urban he its bureaucratic Ludi a decision on the rate proposals could be issued in Early according to a spokesman for the Public utilities Penny said the chamber spoke out yesterday to Back opposition to the rates expressed by both the City of Brandon and base officials at recent pub cab Shilo is the Only base in Canada where residents Are charged Lon distance rates to the nearest he its embarrassing to the City and businessmen of bran in Penny hinted that such provincial policies Are unwise considering the importance of the base to the with a population of about including West German army has a total payroll of about million Steinbach on Short list for pharmaceutical Plant Steinbach is on the Short list of Sites for a pharmaceutical manufacturing Plant that would initially employ 100 peo Galen pharma has filed an application with the provincial environment department to build the Plant at the intersection of Highway 52 and Hesper the proposal states construction would Start in Steinbach chamber of Commerce president Rick Butler said the mis company has several other Sites under Galen pharma president Rolf Reininghaus refused to say last night if Steinbach has been were a publicly traded company and i cant release any information which would violate securities regu Reininghaus said from his Mississauga he said the environment department application is merely part of the formal approval process which must occur before any Deci Sion is the company has applied to the daily peal yesterdays results Are Jack of 8 of King of clubs and Queen of a match of All four playing cards on one selection wins times the a match of three playing cards wins 30 times the Wager and a match of two playing cards wins three times the Federal Western economic diversification fund and the provincial Trade and tourism department for a combination of Loans and the proposal states the Plant will manufacture and package a wide Range of pharmaceutical including gels and liquid it states that the operation would not produce any hazardous Materi adding it expects no Impact on surface and ground water or the operation would produce Small quantities of powders during the manufacturing the proposal which would be Dis posed of at a municipal Landfill site or by recovered solvents would be stored in Drums in explosion proof areas within the the proposal states that Environ ment department approval must be received by the end of the month to meet the May construction an environment 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