Witness
Valley Clear-cuts First Hand
While
we continue in our fight to stop the City of Hamilton
from making more environmental mistakes, efforts are underway
in the north end of the valley to tackle a buried legacy
of environmental disasters. The remediation of the Rennie,
Brampton, and old Nash landfills is now well underway.
Unfortunately,
the remediation plan that has been adopted requires that
the trees along both sides of Red Hill Creek, from the
CN Rail Line to the bridge at Brampton Street, and the
trees north of the bridge and on the east side, be completely
cleared. The landscape there is now incredibly desolate!
While
one can justify clearing trees in order to rectify the
serious contamination problems being caused by these old
landfill sites, the same cannot be said for the clearing
of 40,000 trees for the sole purpose of accommodating
an expressway! The present appearance of the north valley
certainly gives a horrible preview of the fate of the
remainder of the valley if our municipal government continues
to push for its expressway in the valley. Clearly, it
would be worthwhile to have the mayor and council of the
city of Hamilton visit the Rennie/Brampton/Nash area right
now to get a firsthand preview of the nature of the destruction
that a valley roadway will impose. It's not a pretty picture.
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Clear
Cuts
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Anyone
interested in viewing the cleared area is advised not
to attempt to enter the fenced in remediation area as
it is unsafe to do so. You can see some of the cleared
area from the north end of Nash Road. You can also view
the clearcuts from the top of the closed Brampton Landfill.
Photographs of the cleared areas are posted above.
