As a home owner in Dresden,…

As a home owner in Dresden, I am fully against this proposal! With the instalment of a dump, even if it is of construction materials (for now), the increase in traffic alone is a major concern. It’s already unsafe for my children to cross 21 highway to go to their elementary school, and that’s just with the normal traffic volume. We are lucky to have a small tomato factory in our town which employees many people, but as such, the tractor and trailer volume always increases from August to October with it alone. Let’s not increase this any further with the extra hauling of these trucks or transports!

The increase in noise also possess a major concern when this dump is running all hours of the day, 7 days a week. We live very close to the main road that leads through town so any traffic from these trucks will be heard from the comforts of our home.

The health effects of the construction waste is also concerning. Chatham-Kent is a huge supplier of high yielding crops. Protect the rich farm lands we have! And what guarantee is there that this instalment of a dump for construction waste won’t someday be expanded to include garbage waste?

We live in a beautiful, quiet, small town. Don’t ruin our little sanctuary of a town!