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Opponents line up experts against Hunsberger pit
Countdown to splash down
Steve Kannon
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ished by the end of the month, and that the delays were just a minor road bump in the parks eventual completion. “It’s been a three�year project so this part of it seems to be a breeze compared to the efforts of the last few years,” she laughed. The $260,000 project is the first of
lans for a gravel pit just out� side of Conestogo were as� sailed this week by opponents who called into question studies submitted by the applicant, Hun Hun� der Developments. The Conestogo��interbourne �esi� dents Association (C (C��A) had the studies reviewed by other experts, presenting the findings to �oolwich council Monday night. The outside agencies found grounds for concerns in almost every instance, including “questionable practices” and inad inad� equate documentation, said Keri Mar Mar� tin Vrbanac, the group’s president. The township is currently review review� ing Official Plan and zoning changes related to what is known as the Huns� berger pit. The property owner hopes to obtain clearance for a gravel oper� ation on some 150 acres of land on two farm properties located at 128 Kather� ine St. S. and 1081 Hunsberger �d. The peer reviews commissioned by C��A challenges the findings of a range of studies, including acoustic, dust, aggregate quality and quantity, impact to agricultural productivity
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WORK, THEN PLAY David Schoonderwoerd, plumber for H2Ontario, and Jennifer Kays Sommer of the Wellesley Lions Club on the site of the new Wellesley splash pad, expected to be completed by the end of the month. James Jackson
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t’s been nearly three years since a group of citizens approached �ellesley council and pitched their bid for a splash pad in the village, and by late April all that hard work paid off when construction finally began – just in time for summer. The site has been excavated, the initial aggregate has been laid down
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and some of the underground piping has been installed, but wet weather throughout the month of May has made it difficult to keep the final phase of the project on schedule. “�e were hoping to be finished by the end of next week, but the rain is delaying us,” said splash park co� ordinator and �ellesley Lions Club member Jennifer Kays Sommer, adding that the pad should be fin�
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