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M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Bruce Tink, Chairman of Public Works Committee
FROM: John Ferguson, C.E.T., Engineering Department
DATE: March 91 1976
SUBJECT: Closing of lanes within the former Town of Bowman -
Ville
At the past Public Works Committee meeting, the
item referring to the unopened lane running south
from Third Street toward Second Street and lying
between Elgin Street on the west and High Street
on the eastq which was referred from the Committee
of the Whole. This item was tabled pending fur-
ther information from the Committee.
I have now checked into this matter further and
can find no document actually stating that the
Laneway belongs to the Town of Bowmanvlle. This
laneway can only be found on the Lockhart -Simpson
Plan of Subdivision dated 1893 for the Town of
Bowmanville.
I have also checked with all utility companies and
all have verified that they do not have any plants
within this laneway. The Town of Newcastle and
the Region of Durham also do not have any plants
in this laneway."
I have also spoken with M. Brown on this laneway
and he stated that many people who back onto this
laneway do not even realize that it is there and
have built small buildings onto this laneway.
Therefore, I would recommend that the Town close
the laneway in its entirety and dispose of it by
way of QUIT CLAIM DEEDS as the owners of the pro-
perties are renewed. This would mean closing the
laneway in Blocks A9 B, C, and D as according to
the Lockhart -Simpson Plan being a width of 11.88
feet wide in Lot 129 Concession 2 of the former
Town of Bowmanville.
This would mean that the Municipality would be re-
quired to advertise the closing and pay for any
administration and advertising costs which would la-
ter he recovered from the future owners.