Community Voice - May 6, 2021 1 Your STITTSVILLE CommunityVoice & RICHMOND May 6, 2021 [email protected] 613-45-VOICE www.ottawavoice.ca [email protected] Vol. 4 No. 4 Timeline for new Carp Road landfill up in the air BY JOHN CURRY that the Carp Road landfill has benefits such as easy The sleeping giant on access to a major highway Carp Road may soon be which lowers some opera- stirring. tional costs. Waste Management re- Waste Management ceived approval from the spokesperson Wayne provincial government in French would not discuss 2013 for construction of a the ongoing negotiations, new landfill just north of citing their confidentiality. highway 417. This came He did offer that the nego- on the heels of the closure tiations are going well of the former landfill, the If the negotiations do get so-called Carp Mountain, finalized and the site plan in 2011. moves ahead, there will be But the new site cannot a report go to city council’s proceed until the city and Finance and Economic Waste Management con- Development Committee clude negotiations sur- (FEDCO) before proceed- rounding the site plan, ing onto council for final which was conditionally approval. approved in 2015. Also in John Curry photo The first sign Waste discussion is the municipal Harold Moore, in front of Waste Management’s now-closed “Carp Mountain” landfill just north of highway 417, has been a Management is proceed- host agreement, which will leading community voice scrutinizing the landfill situation on Carp Road since the issue arose in 2006. He warns that city and ing would be work on a new set out a per tonne levy to be Waste Management negotiations about the new provincially-approved landfill may soon be finalized. entrance road north of the paid for the benefits of the existing landfill entrance. communities of Stittsville, complete agreement and not any on a former public liaison surrounding communi- This will involve a road Kanata and West Carleton. Harold Moore, who has planning issue that is de- committee, is a strong ad- ties. The money generated widening and new turning Stittsville Coun. Glen been opposing and moni- laying the final site plan. vocate for a host agreement would be used for recre- lanes. It is work that must Gower says there are still toring the project since it He believes an agreement that would see something ation and other facilities. be done before any con- a number of outstanding was first proposed in 2006, is close at hand. like $5.50 per tonne of The suggested figure is on struction could begin. issues being negotiated says city staff has indicat- Stittsville businessman waste provided by Waste the high end provincially with no firm timeline to ed it is the municipal host Phil Sweetnam, who sat Management to the three but Sweetnam points out PLEASE SEE LANDFILL, PAGE 19 Contact information (613) 692-3331 [email protected] www.PierreMP.ca PierrePoilievreMP @PierrePoilievre PierrePoilievreMP 2 May 6, 2021 - Community Voice News Spring arrives thanks to chorus BY JOHN CURRY Spring arrived April 23 thanks to the West Ottawa Ladies Chorus. While the chorus called its virtual spring concert “The Promise of Spring,” the half hour presentation produced not just a promise of spring but also very much John Curry photo the feeling of spring. Sosun Suh (left) plays her Korean haegeum as Peter Brown Floral and butterfly props (right) plays the keyboard in their instrumental performance were displayed by 30-plus in the West Ottawa Ladies Chorus spring concert. singers as they sung “Sing A Spring Song.” Video instrumental two-song member Vivian McLean glimpses of flowers waving presentation by accompa- providing percussion ac- in a breeze were shown dur- nist Peter Brown and music companiment for “How Far Find ing the singing of the song director Sosun Suh. “Stand I’ll Go.” Your suite is only a portion of what you receive in a Lépine “Whistle Down The Wind.” By Me” and “Somewhere All of the rehearsals lead- apartment. You get the next generation of premium apartments. 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I met with the Now the province can fi x the outstanding gap in the and safety inspectors and multi-ministry teams of booking system; MCPRA in December 2019 to discuss this important federal program so workers can get immediate support provincial off ences offi cers have conducted more than • Ontario safely expands age community project and how I can support the people and can stay home when needed. 21,900 COVID-19-related workplace inspections and of Carleton to make this a reality. Th at’s why I’m so Th e province has also off ered to provide funding investigations across the province. During these visits, 30-6179 Perth St, eligibility for AstraZeneca excited to announce that the Province has approved to the federal government to double CRSB payments more than 17,260 orders and more than 520 COVID-19- COVID-19 vaccines to adults 40 the Centennial Community Enhancement Project’s to Ontario residents, adding an additional $500 per related tickets have been issued, and unsafe work, related application.