Historically, much of the…

Historically, much of the excess soil excavated from construction sites in the City of Toronto and adjacent areas has been deposited into the lake along the shoreline of Lake Ontario to create new areas for development and new parkland sites. Because of the proximity of these landfill sites relative to the construction sites where the soils originated, the haul distances were relatively short thus reducing the fees associated with transporting the material. The question must then be asked, and particularly in light of the high fees that would be associated with transporting these materials to the Boyington #3 pit rather than to sites closer to the points of origin, “Why are these materials not being deposited along the lake shoreline or at sites much closer to the source rather than transporting them further and at a much higher cost?” The Miller Boyington Pit #3 is located on lands that are protected under the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan and Act and this fact along with the higher haulage costs relative to other potential dump sites should be regarded by MNRF as red flags during the review of this application and both should be considered highly significant and further support a decision by MNRF to reject this application.