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1 LIVING First phase of Warkworth condo project underway ' “;'. JOHN CAMPBELL builder, serving as the project‘s general conâ€" _ services still have to be connected to the __ "The municipality didn‘t make it casy b'-lf & jcampbell@northumberlandnews.com tractor. Mr. Allensaid he and his partners _ municipal system, and hydro has yet to be . they were there to support us all the time,/ S lived up to the promise they made to the installed, but he said they would be comâ€" _ Mr. Allen saldi S > ' municipality 37 months ago that the "speâ€" . petitive with other markets. There were "a lot of hoops,‘ Mr. Clarke ; WARKWORTH â€" Three years of planning,â€" . cial focus" of the project would be to use as The condos will be built in four phases _ added; one ended up be}“g a commitment meetings and negotiations have come to _ many local people, suppliers and contracâ€" â€" over five years, Mr. Clarke said. of $125,000 by Orchard Hills toward the conâ€" _ fruition with the firstphase of a 54â€"unit.conâ€" _ tors as possible. "Probably in 90 per cent of _ Mr. Pollack said. the economic spinoffs . struction of? $500,000 pumping station. dominium development in progress on a _ the cases we have done that," hesaid. from the development include local job _ Mr. Allen‘s family once operated an _ former orchard. Mr. Allen told reporters afterward he and_ creation, sales for local businesses, and . orchard on 6.5 acres on the property; the The development‘s three partners â€" presiâ€" _ Mr. Clarke had "talked about doing someâ€" _ increasing the municipality‘s tax base. More rem_amder was also an orc_ha:d belonging to _ ‘dentBryce Allen, viceâ€"president Don.Clarke . thing like this for a long time" but it wasn‘t _ than 100 people will be moving into Watle _ a neighbour. The land sat idle for more than _ and secretaryâ€"treasurer David. Pollack â€" _ until Mr. Pollack, a chartered financial anaâ€" _ worth with money to spend, he noted. 40 years. marked the occasion with a ceremonial _ lyst, came along, that they made good on ~ _ _ sodâ€"turning Feb: 17 at the Percy Streetsite.. . theirambition. § > § "Today is about celebration,‘ Mr. Allen "We had a firm come in and do a market said, with an analysis as to _ official opening what we could of some condo ‘ ‘ 7 do and the pricâ€" ROADS ? _ units to follow in We‘re redlly pleased es that could be a few months. i charged," _ Mr. l Theâ€" is foo: fhlngs have come along as well as A]ler% sads "tt Radqr speed p _ units will consist ’ ’ â€" came back posiâ€" of a model suite, they have.Bryce Allen tive on all points & I Â¥ a sales centre ... Thecommuniâ€" 8|gn Ca ms § and two units ty needed this." g for sale. The development will also featureâ€" . _ The units are aimed at the 55â€"plus demoâ€" i ff f â€" g _ picnic areas, community gardens, walking . graphic known as active adult lifestyle, Mr. ra Ic q trails, and ample parking. Pollack said.There is no housing stock of a "We‘re really pleased things have come _ this kind in the area but Orchard Hill will W k rih § along as well as they have," Mr. Allen said, _ allow them to remain in the community ar wo although it took "a thousand hours and _ where their family and roots are, he said. g _ hundreds of meetings" with municipal staff, "There are a lot of people who have large JOHN CAMPBELL contractors and suppliers before workcould _ houses and gardens or farms, and they‘re \ jcampbell@northumberlandnews.com ® _ begin on the 20â€"acre property. The installaâ€" . just finding the upkeep too much for them, ;'5\1 fié!é;u‘i\(fi/lu‘f / i tion of storm and sanitary sewers and water . or they want to travel a bit more than they Feb .2 [1 lines was completed just days before last have been,‘ he said. "Coming to a develâ€" TRENT HILLS â€"â€" Motorists headâ€" ; _ Thursday‘s groundbreaking. ~â€" opment such as this, where all the mainâ€" ing into Warkworth from the west "Any connections with municipal services _ tenance is done for you from the walls out have no excuse for going too fast. ‘ will be done in the spring, Mr. Allen said, ... (means) you can go to Florida for six A radar speed sign set up near 4 along with the installation of natural gas â€" months." Percy Centennial School lets them and hydro. Construction on the first condo Mr. Allen said it‘s too early to say what the know if they‘re travelling over _ unit began this week, with Mr. Clarke, alocal _ prices of the units will be, because onâ€"site the 40 kan/h speed limit and tells MWd mm en n e omrrmernnme n o en nerenar omm n them to SlDW dOWn_ ] Activated justlast week, it caught 4 two speeding council members by surprise â€" and they were grateful ; for the electronic admonition. «_ "Certainly for me it‘s pretty effecâ€" f tive," Councillor Kim McNeil drily _ .« noted, drawing laughs from her ]\U 4 colleagues. 2 * o nmmntn ies 4 s Coun. Bob Crate admitted he Mr. Bolduc told Coun. Grate he _ also had been caught going over would put in a request with the n the speed limit by the radar and County to have a sign also placed he was so impressed by its correcâ€" near Hastings Public School. ‘ tive value that he suggested anothâ€" The Trent Hills Police Services ‘ er of the solarâ€"powered pieces of Board supported the idea later the equipment be placed near Hastâ€" same day. \ ings Public School. "That‘s anothâ€" "I think it would be a great place er spot where we have a problem for one. They really get your attenâ€" . ‘ with excess speed," he said. tion," board chairman Greg Farâ€" Mayor Hector Macmillan said rant said. "I think it‘s a useful the radar speed sign is the latâ€" tool." est initiative undertaken by Norâ€" Northumberland OPP Detachâ€" thumberland County to introduce ment â€" Commander _ Inspector "traffic calming measures into Doug Borton warned the radar the community safety zone at the speed signs might lose their effecâ€" edge of Warkworth." tiveness over time. "One of the ; It‘s one of two now in use in the things you have to be cautious county. The signs cost between of, is if you start putting them all $6,000 and $8,000 apiece, Public over the place, then they lose their Works Director Richard Bolduc impact,;‘ he said. "It becomes just said. The one at Warkworth. was | _ another sign." placed there, "to stop the dangerâ€" ous speeding traffic in front of the f school and the retirement home across the road," Mayor Mac: ~ |__millan said. ________