{"content":[{"text":"News \n GARA","bbox":{"left":0.063328,"top":0.049688,"width":0.027982000000000007,"height":0.081397}},{"text":"Page 2","bbox":{"left":0.165523,"top":0.054097,"width":0.04763500000000001,"height":0.023713000000000005}},{"text":"Rail Safety in our Neighbourhood \n GARA has written to the City of Markham expressing our \n concerns about the issue of rail transportation safety. \n There is a major CN line that runs through the GARA \n neighbourhood but we lack information on what is trans- \n ported through our area. Municipalities across the country \n have become more concerned about this issue since the \n Lac-Megantic rail disaster last year. The requirement from \n Transport Canada is that railroad companies must provide \n information, in aggregate form, to emergency planning \n personnel each year on the volume and nature of danger- \n ous goods that were transported through their municipali- \n ties. This information is to remain confidential.","bbox":{"left":0.173758,"top":0.105445,"width":0.42175700000000005,"height":0.220209}},{"text":"Some experts, mayors and fire chiefs have expressed their \n views that this is not adequate. They argue that the rail- \n roads should be required to provide information ahead of \n time on which dangerous goods are rolling along local \n lines. They also point out that the public should be given \n at least some information to enable them to better plan their own emergency proce- \n dures. The GARA executive agrees. \n Marilyn Ginsburg","bbox":{"left":0.173758,"top":0.342187,"width":0.5982350000000001,"height":0.12725499999999995}},{"text":"Traffic ! Traffic! Traffic! \n Over the course of the past year, the Grandview Area Residents Association (GARA) and \n Ward One (South) Thornhill Residents Inc. (WOSTRI) representatives have been with \n meeting with staffers from the City of Markham, York Region, local business and the City \n hired consulting firm, WSP. The particular focus has been traffic buildup in the neighbour- \n hood between Steeles and Doncaster and between Yonge to Grandview as a result \n of the building boom on Yonge Street.","bbox":{"left":0.261993,"top":0.536114,"width":0.654301,"height":0.1222930000000001}},{"text":"1989 \n Since \n Community \n Our \n Serving","bbox":{"left":0.066116,"top":0.624284,"width":0.02200300000000001,"height":0.20750899999999994}},{"text":"Our goal is to find solutions that will accommodate future intensification without \n compromising the character of the existing neighborhood. Based on the initial rec- \n ommendations of the consultant, GARA and WOSTRI representatives continue to \n work closely to develop and present an alternative that best addresses the concerns \n of area residents.","bbox":{"left":0.313366,"top":0.67494,"width":0.5983099999999999,"height":0.0794140000000001}},{"text":"Our alternative proposal was welcomed by the working group and a significant por- \n tion of the GARA/WOSTRI ratepayer groups recommendations were adapted in the \n follow up plans proposed by the consultant. However, we feel that the consultant’s pro- \n posal still falls short in protecting the existing neighborhood from excess traffic.","bbox":{"left":0.261993,"top":0.770735,"width":0.6561349999999999,"height":0.06346700000000005}},{"text":"To resolve those differences, a follow up working group meeting has been scheduled for \n the end of July 2014. It is the group’s goal to have an integrated proposal to present to our \n residents at an upcoming public meeting. \n Payman Berjis","bbox":{"left":0.261993,"top":0.850583,"width":0.652028,"height":0.06346300000000005}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.13235,"top":0.642045,"width":0.176471,"height":0.15452},{"left":0.602941,"top":0.130682,"width":0.285294,"height":0.272184}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.13235,"top":0.642045,"width":0.176471,"height":0.15452},{"left":0.602941,"top":0.130682,"width":0.285294,"height":0.272184}]}