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Hamilton Conservation Authority to expropriate land from Greensville home to re-establish waterfall trail
(Flamborough Review, Mac Christie, Oct 31 2017)

The Hamilton Conservation Authority is attempting to expropriate a piece of property from a Greensville homeowner to re-establish a trail connecting Webster’s and Tews Falls.

The HCA plans to expropriate a 36-square-metre swath of land owned by Luc Lalonde and his partner Moyez Ladhani. Lalonde said the pair is very disappointed the HCA chose to take the path of expropriation.

“It’s a shame that they’ve decided to take this route,” he said of the HCA. “It seems like they want to accommodate the Toronto tourists, instead of the residents.

“Conservation has basically chosen to solve its problems at the expense of taxpayers.”

Lalonde noted the two sides have tried to come to alternative solution, which involved ceding the HCA land on a different part of their property to build a trail.

”We offered them land that would basically solve the problem at no cost to the conservation authority,” he said. “We offered them an alternative route through our property that would protect our family and our security and offer more control over the people visiting.

“That was rejected.”

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The section of property in question was previously the location of a long-standing trail between the two waterfalls. However, in September 2016, the landowners closed the trail due to safety concerns.

“We’ve had break-ins — you name it, we’ve had it,” Lalonde said, noting the couple, who purchased the property in 2010, has three eight-year-old children. In one instance, he added, someone broke into their home and had to be removed by police.

Lalonde noted the number of visitors crossing the trail, effectively in the home’s front yard, has skyrocketed from 40,000 people crossing the trail in 2010 to 200,000 in 2016.

Read it in full here.

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Didn't know where to put. But this is worth talking about. Our neighbours in Niagara Falls also had on the books a 30-story height limit.

Niagara Falls Could Get A 72-Storey Mixed-Use Tower

https://torontostoreys.com/2019/11/niagara-falls/

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The Spec reports:

“The city is studying a possible towing program to deal with parking scofflaws as visitors continue to inundate Greensville to see waterfalls.

This option comes after stepped-up enforcement and hiked fines in the residential areas around Webster's Falls, Tew's Falls and Dundas Peak.

In an update to council this week, staff said there were "noticeable improvements" this past spring and summer but still "serious, negative impacts during peak weekends" with tourists flocking to the area to see fall colours.

"We are very close to doing everything that we can do in Greensville," Dundas Coun. Arlene VanderBeek said.

Bylaw enforcement handed out nearly 1,000 parking tickets worth about $195,000 between April and November. The hiked rates are $200 for early payment and a $250 set penalty. The additional enforcement effort including overtime cost about $65,000.

Staff expect to report back to councillors in February about a possible towing program to further crack down on illegally parked vehicles in the area.

Coun. Judi Partridge said there have also been "significant issues" with parking on narrow roads around Grindstone Falls in Waterdown.

That has also been the case around the Devil's Punch Bowl in upper Stoney Creek, Coun. Brad Clark said. He said the conservation authority has agreed to add more parking spots in the area to help.

Coun. Tom Jackson said recent summers around Albion Falls have been "much quieter." The city has erected more fencing and viewing platforms. Jackson said he hopes the city can build a stairway from the top of the falls to the bottom.”

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Albion stairs would be nice.