Thursday, June 9, 2016
VOL. 14 NO. 22
Rewriting the rules for Rigaud Mountain
PHOTO BY JAMES ARMSTRONG
Mr. Séguin, one of the 26 property owners on Rigaud Mountain affected by the construction prohibition, addresses Director General Chantal Lemieux on the proposed plan for protecting the mountain.
Plan to protect Rigaud Mountain criticized by property owners Inside James Armstrong Your Local Journal
Twenty-six privately owned properties on Rigaud Mountain have been designated as “non-developable land” by the interim control measures project being developed by the Town of Rigaud and the Municipalité Régionale de Comté de Vaudreuil-Soulang-
es (MRC-VS) to protect Rigaud Mountain. The news brought some angry and emotional responses from several of the affected owners who attended the second information meeting held Thursday, June 2, at the community centre in Rigaud. “How do I oppose this project?” asked one of the property owners of
Assistant Director General for the MRC-VS Raymond Malo who said the project has to be approved by the provincial government before it becomes law. Lawyer and biologist JeanFrançois Girard expressed the opinion that there would be a point in the legal process at that time where opposition could be conveyed. Continued on page 6
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