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Incinerator decision trashed
BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com
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h e d e c i s i o n by Me t ro Vancouver’s solid waste committee to recommend building a trash incinerator in the region has disappointed the Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce, the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) and Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz. The committee agreed Wednesday to recommend that the Metro board approve the amended solid waste management plan, which includes investigating “additional publicly-owned waste-to-energy capacity” in Metro Vancouver.
City, regional district and even our chamber of commerce express disappointment with Metro Chilliwack chamber president Jason Lum was at the meeting
“The reasoning employed is not only unneighbourly, but has no basis in science or economics.” Sharon Gaetz and he said there were “minimal changes” made to the draft pro-
posal that was presented in Chilliwack on June 16, a proposal that was widely opposed by local residents, including Gaetz and Chilliwack MLA John Les. “I am extremely disappointed in some of the members of the Metro’s Solid Waste Committee’s decision to recommend the in-region incinerator option to the board,” Gaetz told the Times Thursday. “The reasoning employed is not only unneighbourly, but has no basis in science or economics.”
Lum agreed. “Although the Fraser Valley taxpayer sadly can do little to hold Metro Vancouver politicians accountable for the decision made today they will have to be accountable to their own tax base in their local jurisdictions when they find out the financial planning for the in-region incinerator has been woefully inadequate and poorly communicated,” Lum said in a press release issued Wednesday. The Metro board will consider
the plan on July 30 before it goes to Environment Minister and Chilliwack-Hope MLA Barry Penner for final approval. Penner has previously stated that Metro has other options besides in-region incineration, including expanding the Cache Creek landfill and a proposal by Covanta Energy to build an incinerator in Gold River on Vancouver Island. The FVRD responded Wednesday with criticism of the decision. “To say we are disappointed in this decision is an understatement,” said Abbotsford Coun. Patricia Ross and FVRD board chair. See TRASHED, Page 5
Speed a factor in crash
Chopper called to transport injured biker
BY TYLER OLSEN tolsen@chilliwacktimes.com
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Chilliwack motorcyclist was airlifted to Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster with serious head injuries after crashing his motorcycle on Yale Road Wednesday afternoon. RCMP spokesperson Cpl. LeaAnne Dunlop said the motorcycle was travelling west on Yale Road when it rounded a corner and hit a truck that was turning left off of Yale onto Jones Drive.
Paramedics load an injured motorcyclist into an air ambulance Wednesday afternoon after an accident on Yale Road.
Tyler Olsen/TIMES
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