This week's Packet (paper edition) includes an article entitled "Brown Water Worries Local". I was pleased to see that a local resident, concerned about the brown water coming over the Lower Shoal Harbour River falls, called the Department of Fisheries and Ocean (DFO). However, I was also disappointed. I called DFO in the Fall over concern about a development that seems to be causing silt to slide into the river. And like the most recent call made by a local resident, I was also told that a visit was made to the developer, resulting in recommendations and a promise to monitor the situation.
I wonder how many calls need to be made before recommendations for a permanent fix are made.
The Town of Clarenville is looking for a Director of External Operations whose primary responsibility will be "planning, organizing and directing development, planning and public works activities." That's like putting a band-aid on a broken leg and hoping it heals.
Good post about a misleading news article. I can't understand how DFO claims that recommendations for "placing silting ponds and retention devices" were carried out. I've walked by that development dozens of times this fall and there is no room for such mitigative measures. The backfill is in the river. And no such steps were taken (or really could be). The development is simply too close to the river in contravention of any number of local and provincial regs.
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