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Viewfield Road site has high risk factor

Re: “Sewage promise could set precedent: mayor,” April 30. Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard doesn’t have a leg to stand on with regards to his “worrisome precedent” argument.

Re: “Sewage promise could set precedent: mayor,” April 30.

Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard doesn’t have a leg to stand on with regards to his “worrisome precedent” argument.

The 2009 Capital Regional District Biosolids Waste Management Plan compared the Hartland landfill and a site in the Upper Harbour in a risk matrix for possible sewage sludge sites. Hartland came out ahead, “with a cumulative total of 46 compared to Upper Harbour, which scored 85.” The higher the number the higher the risk.

Of note, the Upper Harbour site was already in a heavy industrial zone with no homes or schools in the vicinity.

If we plugged Viewfield Road into the same matrix, I’m sure we’d get a risk factor closer to 100, given that the site is light industrial at best and is surrounded by homes, daycares and schools.

The decision by the CRD to purchase the Viewfield Road site as a possible sewage-sludge processing plant is one of many ridiculous decisions they’ve made throughout this debacle.

Tania Keller

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