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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 3 Aug 2011, p. 7

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WArsawo ummcu! -Wednuday. August 3. 2011 - 1 Citizen concerned commercial considerations driving change ‘ Continued frompagel it. it is part ofour urban land~ since lanuary 2011. Halloran said Childs is off the ness.‘ Halloran said. “No. that is scape.” The number of complaints to mark. notafactor." 5 3 Last week, she met with city Halloran said the city has fol- the MOE about the landfill has “That has nothing to do with W'th [es ' ‘ and region officials, requesting the lowed all guidelines and policies risen: three complaints in 2008. 31 anything that the city is develop- Cha 101 if") hmrkh'll . Ministry of Environment (MOE) be about development near the site in 2009 and 32 in 2010. ing. it has nothing to do with busi- r tie "34,“ ' 1 asked to reexamine its approval of and that she has not heard any Odour mitigation plans for the ‘ the expansion granted in 1991. The complaints from citizens north cell, similar to those current- ' southern expansion area was “It makes me Iy in use for the rest ofthe landfill. D Ianne L. Bauer approved at the same time. _ 3 will be implemented according to Substantial development by the SUSplClOUS that Churchill. Fence-line spraying â€"â€" city near the landfill has occurred ' - essentially air freshener for landfill 5 " ’ ‘ r _ â€"â€" since the first MOE approval and they re gomg to "10,09 odourâ€" will be implemented and " . memoriestlswnvrmm , Childs said it’s no longer suitable the landfill operation timing Of work will be coordinated ‘ a to expand the nonh cell. with wind and weather conditions. 5 5 5 ’ .. “They moved into the southern out ofthe southern “We are taking as many meas- 1“: “be-i Q 15; _ expansion area and they should expanswn area I ures as we can to try to limit the .~;‘ ‘ ”\\\Q 1 \ ’ stay down there because that's 1 - odours we're going to get." , -â€" r . _ " ’ ‘\ ~ where they've got the space," feel we re being tanker, Churchill said. “The region does a s ' . . . Childs said. advantage of really try to work with the commw .1 r r ’ Specializmg In All Childs said no notice was given nity." " 3 .- to residents that the cell would be (1 , __' A?“ Childs _ Churchill said as hard as landfill 1“ ' EUROPEAN AUTOMOBILES reopened. and many people ”m of "m” “mm'u staifmay try. garbage isareality. ' to; â€"-â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€" , bought homes in the area with the “From a city perspective, we "There's just challenges because , i: ' - ‘ expectation it would stay closed. have not received any calls or we‘re a landfill site so we're not 25, i. Dealef Am by 1 Filling in the north occurred complaints from citizens." Hallo» very popular." Churchill said. “We 7th “5 . med Benz MW ' ' from 1994 to 2007, during which ran said. “Believe me. if there were have to put the garbage some- fig? Me . es . F . ' .Mlm time the original portion of the concerns. we have to act upon where and if we don’t put it in this JR; Allin/V“ MISUblShI, "Isa“ landfill was also active. them." new cell next year. then the region - - Work began at the south cell in In December 2008. the MOE will have to make some tough WWWMaM my??? mm? °" 1 2006. required the landfill to begin an decisions on where we put our midwidlt’lsmm Ongtna at _ _'" _ ‘ Linda Churchill. senior envi~ odour abatement process. Odour garbage.“ Manurdmludm. Unsurpassed Collrston Repair . ronmental engineer for the Region complaints had more than dou- Despite assurances from offi- 15m PM. mm ‘ of Waterloo. said it was never writ~ bled from the year before. totalling cials that everything is on the level mswmmztdlzswmmn ‘ ten in stone that work was done at 85. regarding the landfill, Childs said “Mimi!“ 519‘578'2052 the northern site. The goal of the odour abate« she has her own suspicions about ,, 5 3 _~ I Work shifted south because the merit process was to reduce hydro» return to the north. 5 l employee workshop stood on the gen sulphide emissions â€" the Childs said it is all a develop~ ' i l ‘ last cell in the north. Now that a smell â€" by 75 per cent before the merit ploy related to getting new , t, ‘ new shop has been built. it made end of2009. business into the Boardwalk 5 i ' more sense to complete work in But in 2009. the number of which will eventually employ _ ».__ the north. she said. complaints almost doubled again. about 3,500 people. - , . 5 _ __""’“ "I don't think the region ever to 156. “it makes me suspicious that has said there would be no more There has been some progress they're going to move the landfill GUN” 051.5755“, 5 5.”wa Km 55 3,5 5 work in the nonh," Churchill said. -â€" the number of complaints operation out of the southern ' 5' ‘5 5 (5 Q i ‘ “The door was never closed on dropped from 156 in 2009 to 72 in expansion area for three to four ““ “ Hf” “" ‘" "W that issue. 2010. Years then move back." Childs Fl " "WT H "‘" A“ "W 1’1 "1' um "lt tit)l‘\ make sense to go back Churchill said 35 complaints said"! feel like we're being taken Plant.” in . with Bun: r: . mm and finhh this area up." have been made to the region advantaged." hwy Tun; my to; Fr. . not}. P.“ m, Construction and filling rit the NM p, “My“ ”MM“; m.p._.3.3.ny nonh site is expected to take about w.” t-. Cr ll ‘l , C Iii‘i‘n \ three to four years. according to - 3 5 5 5 5\ f 5 Church” www.kw-g|c.com a that Font on. Mayor Brenda llalloran was ' Rate Of the week. 51W“ " PM“ CM" "‘ ”MW present at the meeting with Childs, Guaranteed Investment Certificate 31. my“. \ tr fr. ./«m./2 /‘ . 1/1/(l/il/,/"Irll//“v‘//‘J(/fi/ylf/\ and said the MOP. has been 5, 37x, 3 . 3.7 3.5; “311x315 .3 3; . - involved with the landfill site since COMPARE Q. 7 {a rig-5r- 33“,§;3;;65Jy< 55.7, , 1.1- . . ' 1. tllc lit-ginning and that residents * “f .5 f at”, 5 $2,771,733“”I,if7¢?.i}‘;§';‘,.’f;'.gf 17,3, , '5: - 1'5 knew the landfill was lllt‘l’l‘ when Kw'G'c mmm®m 5h?- » 1‘ f§§a§§â€"‘$ii?ij* ' ' ?~: 51 ‘ j; " ‘ they purchased llll'll' houses VS- 3 f in 55 a; _ v5-1:vm%7~‘¥3?4f§?§, :~, 55 5 5555; 1 building process from day one." 'subpect 10m CompamesreoresentedDyKW-GIC are coveredDyCDlC 6. gé’ffi.’:"‘”‘§7 ii“ “Lad"? ‘ 13 if“ it," ‘ "'7i”5"*'5 ' t; ,. . ’ ‘ llrlllfll't'lll said "You can't hide front ~"fi3~§fif‘*§3§é 5‘ J” a "” 5 -_. .‘1,3; 515," .- i i 279 Weber St. N., Waterloo ' 519-747â€"8123 Mm 1:5)“: 3.595. z 5, .555w3‘,3..55_5 5 . g ‘ ' u: ‘ i one WAY FROM WATERLOO 579 5119 5189 5199 5229 5229 5249 1 REGION AS LOW AS... , -- _ .: . 3 ' ‘ 1 ' s a»! "' ~ 1 GUARANTEED LOWEST “RES ”$80“ “ll! ‘ S $(' Guaranteed lowest fares to every destination for travel through September 17. 2011. . ave for rest of the Every day and every destination lS on sale now. 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