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Hydro route challenged Pickets prickly questions heat greet Environmental Hearing Bd Three members of the Ont Environmental Hearing Board are well aware that feelings against a partial study of the proposed hydro corridor between Georgetown And Bradley Junction docs not sit welt with residents the route or the foot wide swath Meeting in hot humid Hills burgh Community Centre Thursday night they were greeted by dozens of pickets signs asking for an independent study of the corridor and sug gesting that Ontario Hydro was the tail that wags the Ontario Government dog The corridor and lis six storey high towers would the escarpment at proceed north across highway lust east of Acton along the middle of the fifth Concession and into township on its way to Bruce Board chairman Almer vice chairman A of and member Martin Milton did not seem ruffled by the demon station or by the displays of hostility in the meeting but the sometimes tumultuous proceedings were not or dinary fare in the hamlet of Villagers seem puzzled by the display by pickets and those who oppose the corridor but a four man team of experts from Ontario hydro found It difflmlt to wrest the meeting away from the disputants who hooted heir displeasure argued with their conclusions and demanded an Independent of the proposed route from the Junction of the line near Milton to hrndley Junction In Bruce County where the corridor swings Into the Bruce nuclear power plant Energy Minister Dennis Timbrel ordered a review of he Information concerning the alignment of the corridor from Point to a point north to Point Which Is west of Shelburne following meetings with the Interested Citizens Group headed by Erin township resident William J Mann However the group Maims Mr Timbrel la trying to divide the people of the tow along the possible route of the hydro corridor with four different proposals for a route They would prefer an independent study such as the one done by Bruce for the controversial tin west corridor from to Pickering It aroused the ire of the Con cerned Citizens led by Lee Symmes of Terra and resulted in a change of route Tor the original corridor proposed Ontario Hydros team beaded by Art Mosher who headed the team which de signed the route or the tor- was assisted by Don and Allan Vaughan in defending Hydros proposed route which jogs at one point over three concessions The jog Hydro claims is to top farm land and follow a route least damaging to the environment The Jog represents a view to some Inter ested Citizens They claim it is the properties of influential people and has nothing to do with environ mental volues The Environmental Hearing Boards chore is to sort out the evidence and come up with conclusions based on meetings which start in Com Centre at a July Chairman D S Caverly told the more than 200 people crowding the com centre that meetings will be held until he Is satis tied all the written and oral briefs pertaining to the cor ridor arc presented and all questions answered Hills farmer Gardhousc told the board however that the hearings could go on ad infinitum unless there was an indepen dent of the entire route He said Ontario Hydro mis represented their case by claiming they had consulted planning boards along the route I was a member of the planning board ami know there was never a study of criteria done in our area he said lives on Ihe Fourth Line of Hills north or Five He was Indignant Ihe Government would order a review of the route between a point Just north of Ball In to point near the hamlet of Colbeck and forget about residents In his area anil the rest of the route How can you study the middle and not either BINGO Lie No Every Monday Night at 8 pm AT THE CREDIT VALLEY CLUB FORMERLY RIVIERA GAMES JACKPOT 56 NO ADMISSION CHARGI Cards 3 for BUS SERVICE Sponsored By Georgetown Elks Lodge No 540 PROCEEDS FOR DEAF DETECTION mcndation to Energy Minister Dennis Would the recommendation be for an Independent study of the entire corridor The airman said It would on the evidence presented at the hearings interested Citizens spokes man William Mnnn said people of the area always thought previous hearings had been stacked In favor of Hydro Residents had to face the tremendous resources of the Hydro team often Heated and this had hobbled their group In the past GordonKidd or Hills asked the hearing if the line which was to tap off the Bradley to Georgetown line and thence to Kitchener would be Included in the The chairman pointed out thin was not in terms of refer ence He also told Mr Kldd they were prepared for evening meetings as well If necessary Jo Schneider the board why they go back to Mr Timbrel and ask for a study from to Bradley Cant it be done she asked AH things are possible the chairman replied Wc dont commit ourselves until wc hear all the evidence When everything is sold then wewlllnskMr to do this or that Chairman said the possibility of a fifth alter native for a route was not Included in the terms of reference for the board This brought William Mann to his feel demanding to know who was running the meeting and charging Hydro was dictating the terms of reference Earlier the chairman told the meeting references to In the evidence from the various Government ministries In biologically sensitive areas They were asked to avoid thorn The Ministry of Natural Resources defined the areas through the conser vation authorities and using the Toronto Centred Region Plan Tor a guide Tho Hydro team said every attempt was alBo made to avoid Class A farm land The statement was greeted with loud boos Katharine fiery spokesman for ratepayers In the Or ton area challenged the response to hydro as being in of the feelings of people of the area she pointed out only answered them while there are voters In the township of Erin However Mr Mosher said there were 1300 rural hydro customers in Erin excluding the larger centres and it was considered a fairly adequate representation Two hundred and twenty eight questionnaires were sent out Hydros team questioned by John Schneider said they studied cost of the River but admitted it had been under their own terms of reference Art told the meeting he was chairman of the Hydro The Acton Free Press Wed July 5 team charged with finding the most direct route from Georgetown to Bruce Why wasnt the route considered then was the question It mup Is misleading said John Schneider ruplli d that the issue had bee ensued by the Commission William Mann summed up the four hour nutting fur the board by sting previous Hydro Information hud hot misleading lie data I mi and ley not an independent Karen Glenn for f ilnitutt diminution Ivan Glenn was the student Aim dilKmd lorv 1 his in ijMilogiis fr On mistake ANNUAL Strawberry Garden Party AT Rockwood Saturday July at 8 pm On Groans of St Johns Anglican Church I TERRIFIC VARIETY SHOW ADMISSION Adults Stutlonts under mid Children 7Bcf Placard carrying protestors greeted members of the Environmental Hoormg Board when they at Hillsburgh night were really only confusing the issue because It was not Included In the study area At this winl Ontario Hydro started their presentation with senior planning engineer Art lending off Man of the people in attendance started to leave charging Hay were going to hem the same old thing thai hod made them so angry In the first place The chairman asked for order and requested with signs to leave them at back and extend the courtesy of listening lo the Hydro presentation The got one clapper when no one else joined In the time It was conceived the of the Sol mult and the recimiiiuiidations which proceeded from it He said the was outlined 11 feu 111 line route ilk and start Additions will have Ministerial and being considered by the Commission on Long Itnnge Planning headed by lr Porter lowers on the route are 112 feet high and spans about feel apart Hydro representatives defended their choice of one the four routes outlined along the fined area and pointed out the must sensitive areas of the Errimosii and rami Rivers lluy el timid Kiev sehued a William Mann end he asked the members of the Board Erin township former Hill wagging his finger at members of the Hydro team said it was time the corporation forgot abou figures and dollars and remembered there were people who lived along the line He charged many of his neighbors the route never hnd the opportunity to answer questionnaires Hydro sent out Mr lives on Lot Con Erin township aod he acknowledged the corridor went right behind his barn Why dont you want an independent study Is it be cause other people have mo money and more Influence he asked Hydro members We are creatures we material to be shoved here and there he said In on impassioned address to loud applause from the audience Thats a good indication of how Ihe people here feel said the Interested Citizens Group chairman William Mann rushing to the microphone Earlier the group sparred with the chairman over the terms of reference for the hearing and asked if they would be restricted to the cor rider between Points and Chairman Caverly said he never unduly restricted on points of reference He pointed out the Env Hearing Board woujd make a recom route which would do the least damage ecologically especially In lands Hydro official Don Eraser said any intrusion Into the lramosn valley would affect the environment because It was biologically sensitive Questioned 1 raser led he did not know where the headwaters of he Eramosa were but he he estimated the width of the River alley be about to 3000 ftel Hint John Schneider longtime ox portent of another alternative to tin to his feet pointing out the board why had lequestcd an niter native be Investigated Now be said we are saddled with problems on problems on problem because it not been done Why save bogs and hinds asked Judy Patterson and go through agricultural land saving land that is no good and ruining land that feed us later Hydro officials replied they also worked under 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