Building a housing development beside an industrial plant is just as bad as building an industrial plant beside a housing development.<\/p>\n
The Record reports<\/a> on the criticism against the housing development in the former apple orchard<\/a> on Union Street.<\/p>\n Susan Bryant, a friend of BFCC<\/abbr> says: <\/p>\n \n\u201cIt is wholly inappropriate to put new residential development in harm\u2019s way in the immediate neighbourhood of the plant.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So why do Bio-En and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment think that it’s appropriate to put an industrial plant in the immediate neighbourhood of a residential development?<\/p>\n We’ve been given all assurances that the biogas plant is safe, but if you were to ask the Chemtura people they’d tell you that their industrial plant is safe too. Or at least that “the plant would operate in accordance with necessary legislation, licensing and regulations.<\/a>” Yet Chemtura has regular incidents of chemical spills, fires, and now “product emissions”. <\/p>\n Been there, done that. Different industrial plant, same problems.<\/p>\n –Bob.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Building a housing development beside an industrial plant is just as bad as building an industrial plant beside a housing development. The Record reports on the criticism against the housing development in the former apple orchard on Union Street. Susan … Continue reading Hawk Ridge Homes has asked a provincial tribunal to order the approval of 44 homes<\/q> — eliminating the inconvenience of research, study, analysis and the due diligence that Woolwich planners are trying to perform.<\/p>\n