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Hello All=2C
I attended the below mentioned meeting today in Cole Harbour. Thanks for=
this notice
which was in the local papers on the weekend=2C missed by me and I'm sure a=
lot of others.
The N.S Power P.R. guy was upbraided for the short notice and apoligized fo=
r this short
coming. This being the first of a series of public consultations=2C he prom=
ised to do better in=20
the future.
The pressing issue for N.S Power is the need to upgrade the transmission=
system to get
more power to the rapidly growing Eastern Passage/ Cow Bay/ South Dartmouth=
area from
a substation on the #7 highway in Westphall.
They are asking for public input about the routing of the transmission r=
oute.
There was also a man from H.R.M. planning who spoke about the importance=
of maintaining
the integrity of the area salt marsh and parks and protected land as well a=
s the sight lines
so that there is as little as possible disruption. They hope to work with N=
.S. Power to
include the trail along Bisset Lake to be able to connect the city trails s=
ystem to the Salt=20
Marsh Trail . There was no mention of clear cutting! The claim is that the =
suggested routing
would be the most environmentally friendly way to go. Only enough cutting f=
or the footprint
of the poles which are spaced about 350 meters apart. Trees under the lines=
would stay
(up to a certain height). Presumable the trail would follow this line.
The reason for running the line along the lake would be to keep it as lo=
w as possible so
that sight lines from the salt marsh area are not disrupted as it would be =
if the line was running
along the ridge.
Some points from questions from the floor:-
-Home owners who would have the line virtually in their back yards were ups=
et about property
values and possible health hazzards from electro magnetic radiation. (a 20=
05 Health Canada report
can find no such connection.)
-Others suggested burying the cable at least in the area where there were p=
eople living.
The reply was to point out that the cost would increase to about $50=2C000=
=2C000 instead of the
projected $5=2C000=2C000 and would involve a clear cut for the entire lengh=
t of the buried section
which would have to be kept cleared so tree roots would not affect the cabl=
e. There are also
some wet lands along the route where environmental laws you not let you bur=
ry it.
-A suggestion to send to power directly from the Tuft's Cove power plant vi=
a under water
cable would be more expensive again and there is too much developement in t=
he downtown=20
Darmouth area to allow a land corridore along the shore line.
Stay tuned=2C there will be more meetings. You should also be able to ge=
t more info on their=20
web site. (www.nspower.ca/CHEP)
Cheers
Dennis Hippern
Cole Harbour
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om: patrick.kelly@dal.ca
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] Power line planned for edge of Bissett Lake
Date: Wed=2C 19 May 2010 13:52:08 -0300
Hello everyone:
The following note was passed on to me by Suzanne Borkowski who received th=
e information from an area resident. I have looked at the NS Power web site=
and they have a PDF file that contains a map of the proposed routing=2C wh=
ich is right along the entire eastern edge of the lake.
http://www.nspower.ca/site-nsp/media/nspower/NSP.fact.sheet.pdf
I'm not sure what the restrictions are on lakefront development=2C etc. but=
it appears as though the clearcut will run along a lakeshore.
I would encourage interested people=2C especially those from the area=2C to=
attend the information session. There is no mention of the meeting=2C that=
I could find=2C an the NS Power web site.
Pat
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A resident of Bissett Lake called me to say that NS Power plans to clearcut=
a huge swath of land along the edge of Bissett Lake to install a power gri=
d servicing Eastern Passage. The proposed site starts at the edge of the m=
arsh (wetland) on the Cole Harbour side of Bissett Lake and runs towards th=
e NS Rehab Centre on Bissett Lake Road. =20
This means that all the woods on the far side of the lake - left hand side =
- will be clearcut. The plan is to erect 100 ft high power poles connected=
by wires. This would be directly in the flight path of thousands of Canad=
a Geese and numerous other species of birds that use Bissett Lake.
Trails Canada put a bid on that same parcel of land a while ago to build a =
trail which includes a bridge over the marsh/wetland and a walking trail ex=
tending to the NS Rehab Ctr. However=2C if NS Power has decided they want =
that land=2C I doubt if Trails Canada would be able to compete=2C financial=
ly.
There's going to be an info session tomorrow=2C Thursday=2C May 20th=2C at =
Cole Harbour Place=2C on Forest Hills Parkway=2C right next to Cole Harbour=
High School=2C from 4:00 - 7:00 pm.=20
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Director of Computer Facilities
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Dalhousie University
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