An emotional topic
Posted by Magda
Emotions were high at a discussion about Guelph's water this afternoon. Environmental commissioner Gord Miller spared little when he laid into the development industry.
That didn't surprise me too much. But I was surprised by the emotion expressed by Mayor Karen Farbridge in response to comments by local developer Andrew Lambden. Lambden said he was disappointed there wasn't more talk of cooperation, and suggested safeguards be put in at construction sites like the current one on Victoria near the Eramosa River to prevent sediments from flowing into the river.
Farbridge responded that the city has a long list of priorities, and can't deal with everything at once.
"I could be provocative and say if the developers association didn't spend so much time fighting our natural heritage strategy, we'd have more resources to put into this."
Read more in the paper tomorrow.
Magda:Have a look-see at the huge mound of snow/salt/sand piled up adjacent to the Speed River,west of the wastewater treatment plant and ask yourself and the Mayor,where will all that sediment go?!Oh,don't worry,it'll be outside the City's boundaries bound for the Grand River,along with the aquatic life(less) forms that will suffer.Surely this isn't the result of developers but what about the "...natural heritage strategy..." of our neighbours?!
Posted by: grunt | March 30, 2008 at 05:47 PM
"I could be provocative and say if the developers association didn't spend so much time fighting our natural heritage strategy, we'd have more resources to put into this."
Wasn't that exactly what she did say and was?
Posted by: Kevin Ames | March 31, 2008 at 09:51 AM