[All] Fw: Bridgekeeper's Plea for Heritage Support

[Ginny Quinn]

To Woowich Council.   Last nite when I was typing this , I hit a wrong key and it disappeared from the screen.  My computer skills leave very much to be desired.  Fortunately I had copied it to myself and today I find it intact.
It was my intention to  sign this ,as is the proper way to send a legitimate letter to Council  and the newspapers  et al.
  
My signature should read          Ginny Quinn    102 Pinehurst  Crescent,   Kitchener  ON   N2M 1E4    519-578-0005.

I would like to add a PS to the bottom of my letter.

The Aggregate Industry is well known not to refurbish the areas they quarry, quite probably  because there is a sort of special clause in the contract or instructions, that allows them to leave 10% of the amount they have been licenced  to remove, and they say they must be able to have access to it. (I have been told this by people with far more knowledge of this industry than I have.)  I have also been told that in Europe , they cannot go forward to another pit until they have fully cleaned up refurbished the one they just been working on.     How I wish the Government which sets out the rules, not sure if it`s  MNR  or   MOE   would change this to force cleanups  ASAP before allowing them to proceed.  
I`m told that from the air ,this area looks like Mars with all the open, unrefurbished pits.  It would be interesting  to see just how many pits are currently open.        Respectfully submitted.    Ginny Quinn   as above.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Ginny Quinn 
To: bmetzger at woolwich.ca 
Cc: GREN 
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 10:37 PM
Subject: [All] Bridgekeeper's Plea for Heritage Support




Dear Council , Staff  and Decision Makers of Woolwich Township:

You have a very difficult decision to make very soon, regarding the protection and survival  of one of your most precious and recognized heritage and 'tourist attractions' in your locale.
   Yes, I speak of our well known and beloved "Kissing Bridge"  in Westmontrose.   In the interests of progressing into the future, and building more and more onto our increasingly diminishing greenbelts, environmentally sensitive landscapes, wetlands, forests, much needed (and less respected by potential developers and aggregate miners and their cohorts) it is with a very strong hope that you will listen and 'hear' what the protective citizens are saying.
Once we lose it , it's gone forever    and then again forever.!
Guelph has just had a situation wherein 151 charges have been laid( by the city)  for the unapproved tree cutting.  Be that as it may, the beautiful, aircleansing trees are gone, and they are gone forever 'at this point in time.' Yes, we can plant more trees, but they need to mature and will take many years to reach the maturity of the trees that were "slaughtered" , to help this  area to cleanse and help to purify our smog infested air.   I am told that there are some developers whose attitude is ' do it and get it over with and face the consequences later"."Once it's done , it's done, and it's over... and pay the fine.!!".
 Please preserve your very own local heritage "Kissing Bridge" and if some of you councillors need more time to deal with this very important potentially altering of your community's  future , please put it on the 'back burner'  for another meeting. 


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