Posted Feb 16, 2010, 1:28 AM
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Concerned Citizen
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Hamilton
Posts: 1,348
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Anyone who didn't see this comming is blind.
Mr. Bratina had a meeting last week with the locals. All the NIMBY types were out. We all know the councillor only a makes decisions based on who screams the loudest. The only consolation is he is just one vote on council.
As for the site remediation, it will have to be done whether they build a stadium on the site or not. The 43 million dollar amount mentioned by the councillor is a worst case scenario. It may or may not cost us depending on the amount of contamination. Lets do the assessments of the properties before jumping to any conclusions.
The other site advocated by the councillor at the SJAM location is totally unacceptable. It is not big enough and would prohibit any future expansion of the stadium.
This stadium and the other proposed facilities need to be built in the West Harbour location. That area needs redevelopement and I can't think of any better way to do it other than with the help of Federal and Provincial contributions for the stadium.
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