By GAIL SJUBERG Staff Writer
Two groups of islanders kept up the pressure on local trustees
last week as they try to stop unwanted land use in their neighbourhoods.
Last week's Salt Spring Local Trust Committee (LTC) meeting
heard from several Lee Road residents and a contingent from the Stewart Road
Residents' Association.
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People living near Laurie's Recycling and Waste Services
transfer station site expressed their displeasure with the Islands Trust's part
in the Capital Regional District (CRD) issuing a Class 1 transfer station
licence under the CRD's regulating bylaw.
"In 1998, [Laurie] Hedger said he was parking his garbage
truck there, and now you have allowed him to implement a full-sized waste
transfer site," said Lee Road resident Steve Grayson.
"My wife has lived there for 33 years. She is going to live
and die there, and we're not going to let you screw it up."
Late in 2003, following receipt of legal advice that it could
not win its case, the Trust dropped a lawsuit against Laurie Hedger's
operations on Lee Road.
In answer to queries from neighbours, Trust regional planning
manager John Gauld explained that according to legal advice received, Hedger
could subcontract use of the site to other operators. Neighbour Tom Pickett had
complained that the RDI waste company was also using the property.
Gauld also said that even though public access is part of the CRD's
Class 1 licence, advertising the site and increasing public use of the property
would prompt "action" from the Trust.