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George Sweeney, Opposition
Government Services and Lands critic and MHA for Carbonear - Harbour Grace,
is concerned with the lack of progress on the waste disposal problems in
Conception Bay North following the closure of the Harbour Grace incinerator.
"This issue has haunted the region for too
long," said Sweeney. "A permanent solution must be found to
dispose of the region’s garbage before our forests become a permanent
landfill for household and commercial waste.
"The Avalon Waste Management Strategy is still
many years from becoming a reality. The mayors and Minister of Municipal and
Provincial Affairs must come to some reasonable solution for waste disposal
in the interim."
Sweeney stated that the Liberal government had offered
$2 million to assist in the capital cost of purchasing equipment for the
region to tranship waste to the Robin Hood Bay landfill in St. John’s.
"What is the status of this $2 million? The
government has laid charges against a contractor for inappropriately
disposing waste, yet there is no meaningful attempt being made to find a
permanent solution. Does the Minister realize the magnitude of this problem?
"The provincial government has to show some
leadership on this issue. They should meet with Mayor Coombs of Harbour
Grace, Mayor Garland of Carbonear and the other municipal leaders to find a
solution that is acceptable to all parties." |