Soil Dumping Environmental…

Soil Dumping Environmental Mess, Inquiry 'Too little-too late"
Many of us in the rural area close to the Hwy 5 site and those west of the site that travel on Hwy 5 have tried to raise concerns to officials of the local and provincial government about the soil dump and the non stop parade of dump trucks in 2018. We were largely ignored till 2018 when allegations of "mob" connections were made. Sadly another case of ignoring rural area residents concerns. The Ministry of Transport failed to monitor heavy truck traffic to ensure load weight compliance. Ministry of the Environment staff when contacted referred concerns to anybody but them. The local MPP and current City of Hamilton Alderman failed to reply to/or acknowledge emails of concern. Everyone waited till the 'culprits' had vacated the operation. The proposal is a complete waste of time. You already know what is on the site. You already know that all the 'principals' will be protected from consequences by the bankruptcy of Waterdown Garden. All that this inquiry will do is acknowledge that the site must be cleaned up likely at the expense of the taxpayer and no Ontario or City of Hamilton government official will be named as 'responsible' for letting this happen. Further, it will validate that this kind of behavior can be repeated elsewhere in this province. It has already happened again within the boundaries of the City of Hamilton and is likely happening elsewhere in this province.