OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, March 27, 2009 · 12 Floating house left to sink into disrepair Continued from page 1 contractors have been hired." Robinson noted the floating house had been a quaint property secured in place with a dock, but it fell into disrepair after the owner moved out following the purchase of the land by Amica/Mady. The two developers are in the process of setting up a six-storey retirement home on the property, located near the Lakeshore Road West bridge over Bronte Creek. "The house just stayed there and deteriorated," said Robinson. "Somehow this year, when the water froze, it (the house) was shifted and moved around and got out in the water and then sunk more and it settled. It's been pretty badly broken up, I expect. Nobody would dare go in there now." Efforts were underway to remove the house during the winter when thick ice would have allowed contractors to access it. To execute this plan, however, a permit from Conservation Halton was required to ensure that any removal attempt adhered to all necessary environmental guidelines. Robinson called a meeting of We're Closer Than You Currently, over 550 students residing in Burlington and Oakville take advantage of our daily busing service. THINK CO-ED MONTESSORI, JUNIOR, MIDDLE, SENIOR Glen Oaks has the solution. The key is our all-in-one facility... Making final arrangements is like fitting together a puzzle. Glen Oaks has all the pieces right here for cremation, cemetery, visitation, reception and more. Why struggle with multiple locations? Simplify life. Call for your FREE Info Kit: 905 257-1100 Cemetery, Crematorium, Mausoleum, Memorial Chapel & Reception Centre Hwy. 403 & Dundas St. · www.glenoaks.ca GLEN OAKS MEMORIAL GARDENS www.hsc.on.ca | 905-389-1367 | 299 Fennell Ave. West, Hamilton The only one of its kind in the area! Conservation Halton members to speed up the process, but by the time the permit for the removal of the floating house was finally issued, the ice had thawed to the point where that course of action was no longer safe. A new permit from Conservation Halton is now being finalized to allow contractors to pull the floating house up on land where it will be demolished and then removed piece by piece. Conservation Halton's Director of Watershed Management Bob Edmondson said he's not so much concerned about the floating house, itself. He said the construction materials used to build it pose no particularly great threat. What does concern him is damage that might be done to the riverbank when the house is removed. Such damage could cause a considerable erosion problem, said Edmondson. "They'd like to get it out of there as quickly as possible and so would we, but we want to do it in an environmentally safe way that minimizes any damage," he said. "Afterwards we would work to restore any loose sediment." The issuing of the permit and the removal of the floating house is expected to take place at some point next week.