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Acton Free Wed October Ashgrove people to fight dumping Ihe public would accept the dual J and noise mood of Ihe meeting south to the he said lie added costs from the mood of Ihe meetlna south to the north would not Ear u decisions lor You will have to have good reasons for opposing It not lust tho fact you dont want it here We won be able to help unless we hove facts to the recommendations of the report Hills Is out Sinned and outnumbered at region There arc only five of us at the region and from Burlington alone there are nine They doorstep Over concerned real dents attended a meeting at Taylor a home on the Sixth Line Monday night and it was decided that three people George Gordon Kidd and Taylor will picks up the tab informed the meeting You mean we would be was particularly paying to ship he south upset since he moved here garbage one Irate citizen Jus IS months ago from Fort wondered Incredulously Credit because he thought told him that was just was so beautiful about the of it and peaceful Wi will heavily en tin lohmi for Information help and onto In fight Unit lies he inmludul Rash of accidents Milton Detachment of he Ontario rovlnt iaf Police motor vehicle last week The incidents reiultcd In one tit nth mid 12 Injuries us well over In On a driven by I arsons I Imchouii was in collision with a car driven by of It It 1 Georgetown No in Juries were reported but here was over in damages The accident happened on Highway south of Hal ton ltd On Oct 12 on Halt on a car driven by Murray rook went out of control and struck a culvert causing damage ihe car and leivmg with minor injuries sistance from and Norman Bird both of the Halton Federation of and members of the land committee Besides want the garbage even jtonRroup thougl and Bird ore helping theirs working with the Acton group though a lot of it will be and Bird ore helping with an Agricultural stated From south lion brief Re said the close proximity The meeting was chaired of water courses prime by Bill Johnston of the Ont agricultural land and fact most of the garbage was from the south would be strong arguments but the people would also need to come up with on alternative location to suggest to the reg Ion One angry resident why they would want to put two dumps right on top of the most important land in all of Halton Johnson warned the group It would be a tough Tight first at the region then the en vironmcntal hearing board Ihen the OMB You need He said that before hearing hard facta and they don t lis Johnson Mitchell and the to you unless you restrict councillors none of the res yourself to discussing that dents knew very much about one area he said the proposed dump What He offered to include the Garbage Coalition and GUARD while John Mitchell Georgetown Pollution Probe assisted Ward two council men for Hills hen Coxe Dick and Miller were also In attend We arc all Just shocked stunned and surprised by what we were told here to night I don think anyone realized how big this was and the significance of what they plan to do to us laid Through press they did know they had learn from recent press counts What we plan to do now is survey all the other residents in the area lei them know just how big this is and hen call a public meeting Red fenrnsaid They will look into the possibility of using Hall or maybe one of the rural school s audi tori urns depending on how many people are expected to turn out Johnston started off by lei ling the group that area water courses and were purposely left off the map ac the final brief in an overall plan which wil go to the Ion from the environmental groups in Halton Hills Mil Ion Burlington Spcysidc and the rest of This might work A united attack on landfill sites and other environmental hazards could throw its weight around at the region especially with Burlington people In on it Johnson suggested Suggests brief suggested the group prepare a brief which he felt the entire Halton Hills council might endorse so the area municipality might go to the region and air the objections en report on waste disposal in endorsement of the complaints Going to Hills might be a good first step and a way to get the ball roiling representatives could fight to convince Acton Georgetown that the It is the McLaren re port which recommended two sites In the area be used for regional dumping They have deliberately left and the water courses off the map so people in the south won t think there is anything there Johnson charged Besides complaints you He suggested that their best will have to have line of attack would be to You will have to tell point out to the region the where they can put area has prime clump and show them it will farm land that there arc be a better site for it Other water courses in the area you will be ignored and that since the garbage Is warned the group generated in the south why the group could come up with dump it in the south He better spot went on to point out that the No place in Is a citizens group may use his place for It Coxe Ontario Water Resources answered Commission maps which If we win here and then clearly show there arc careful they might just streams in the turn around and pick another area place in Halton Hills to put Shallow wells It Miller cautioned You might also want to suggested the point out to them that wells In group start by finding out the area are shallow 15 to 30 about wells ana soil and hold feet and therefore here a public meeting to get every would be a danger of water ones views and then try to pollution Mitchell said He worry about coming up with added that some soil quality another site information showing that it South too was a bad spot for the dump One resident suggested that for ecological reasons could the group invite anyone south help their fight of the site who was worried Both Mitchell and Johnson about water pollution in their urged the citizens to Join wells to join the fight and not them in their fight to get some restrict ft to just kind of system going In Hal area residents It was quickly ton which reduces the gar decided that anyone interest and reclaims what in the cause could parti might still be useful They said current technology Johnson pointed out to the would allow such facilities to group that the plan showed within the garbage would first be and no land fill plans should dumped down near Five extend past five years in Hal Highway sorted and then ton The acre site In Ash taken to He grove would be in operation thought that it was an absurd for at least years accord idea to dump it there and then move it Be sure and look at the de tailed report and the conclu summary report We paid 60 for reports led w Inconsistencies and it Is very biased to the south By reading the report you believe there are you must contend with pollu tlon property and constant truck traffic Lets face it landfill is a good neighbor Mitchell stated Coxe said there must tainly be areas In Halton for peoplehere living in perman such a dump that don t have homes and working the potential for agriculture productive agricultural land and the scenery There are many difference has between the technical report Bird told the group that the and their final conclusions report said Ashgrove would told the group be a good place because it suggested a good would avoid water pollution weapon the region a there t be much pub- preliminary land use plan lie resistance the dump It is just a preliminary re- would have a longer life there port but it does say this area than any other place and the is agricultural and should re- Region seeking new site Hills Mayor Tom would be required for Hill hopes to have a mendatlon before Regional building Council within a month Regional staffers moved considering the selection of a into the new Burlington I glonal building at the corner of the Guelph Line and the Queen Elizabeth Highway in April had been formed and J hns ve the board of education was lease with provision to extend contacted to see if a common f site could suit the needs of both agencies Hill asked department New Brunswick coal heads at the region to to mines were among the first estimate how much space worked in North America permanent headquarters site Kill said a building WHERE GOOD DEALS ARE FACT NOT FICTION OPEN SUNDAY to 6 WEEKDAYS lit DISCOUNT WAREHOUSE HWY 25 JUST NORTH OF HWY PHONE TONIGHT 8782373 or 8265371 COLLECT FOR OUT OF TOWN CUSTOMERS FUMES JACKS urn in xjkjam Milton run own 0ilHt lllUBmiil I