sage prob FROM PAGE A1 “Yep, they are looking at open garbage,”” Welsh stated, “and we can't help that.” ~ Asked whether he con- sidered residents were aware of what might spring up in front of their windows over the years, at the time they bought their homes, Bell said: “I suspect they weren't. It is a change ‘in view, of having to.look at garbage. I guess they don’t like it and I don’t think I would.” NO EXCUSE He summed up _ the situation: “There is no excuse for the fact itis going to take a total of 40-50 years from the time we started until we complete but that’s the way landfills are and there’s no viable alter- native.” The pressure is likely to move to residents further north of the existing dum- ping area in a week or so. Deputy District Engineer Harry McBride meets provincial Waste Management Branch _ of- ficials tomorrow (Monday) to discuss plans to expand the landfill northwards. Waste Management says it wants to ensure that leachate collection systems currently being installed in the new area are in operation before authorization is given. The District at this time faces eight charges of polluting Lynn Creek with “leachate from the present landfill operations. And though they have the promise that things are soon going to get better for them, tensions are running high in some of the = sidestreets leading from the creek. Neighbors were accusing each other's children of dumping garbage in their yards until they realized it was crows from the dump dropping itas they fly over. Margaret Grocot, of 1636 Birchlynn, said her home was filled with an abnormal amount of flies and bugs for most of (the summer months and that her cat had been dragging rats home. She 1s concerned with the amount of sickness in her family this year Her newwhbor, Frances Soden, at 1050, says her dog has been getting sick after PURE AIR! The powertul cleaner ‘tonizer polluted atmospheres of any Fcoom Bionatre freshens the built in an titer ttaps smoke pollen and other allergy vor causing particles .OOO eating the garbage dropped by the crows. Earl Watson looks directly at the garbage from his home at 1916 Greenock and says: “Garbage sits there for: two or three weeks without being covered.” Over the road at_ 1857, Myrna O'Brien says: Every time you come down the street it’s like driving into a garbage dump. My husband has allergy problems all of a - sudden which he never used to. ; Rhoda Clemiss, of 1921 Greenock says: “People around here are complaining of tummy bugs.” It is she who has started the neighborhood petition and intends taking a delegation before District council. Contacted by the News about the neighbors’ con- cerns, Bell responded by asking this reporter to ac- company him for a guided tour to the landfill to show the measures District is taking there. He arrived with some of the top brass from municipal hall-— Engineer Bremner, Municipal Manager Doug Welsh and Deputy Engineer Harry McBride. They spent more than an hour extolling what had already been accomplished at the landfill and what is yet to come. They pointed to playing fields, tennis courts and a lacrosse box created on sites levelled above garbage dumped there years before. They spoke of picnic sites and a golf course yet to come on the present garbage site and the area further north where garbage has not even yet been dumped. The overall plan is for a recreational paradise. “lm not saying it will be the day after tomorrow but in time it will all be land- scaped.” said Welsh. standing on top of the area which is currently the concern of the residents below. “We are looking at 25 years.” As the tandfill moves north people further up the creek will have their views interrupted, said Bell Then those areas too will also be landscaped in years to come Meantime. the 9 officials frankly state that residents overlooking the site face years of views of prowing a stale ; 00 dust odour Modeis for home. office and car ORSMAN LNTERPRISES LIMITED 184 Pemberton Ave. (4% bik. S. of Marine Dr.) North Vancouver, B.C. Tel. 968-3443 garbage piles because of the longer term interests of the community. _™ -“T'm not downplaying it but you are probably talking. about a dozen homes.at the. most,” said Welsh looking down on. the presently affected. © Theoretically, there should not even be exposed. garbage visible to these homes. The operating conditions attached to the pollution control permit stipulate “that all exposed solid wastes are compacted and covered with suitable material daily.” IMPOSSIBLE ‘In practice, Bremner said, it is impossible to ensure that all garbage is covered by the end of each day, even though the machinery causing all the noise spends every day covering garbage with a 5 ft. layer of soil. Residents on the opposite side of the creek complain that the whole of the hillside facing their homes was covered in garbage for several weeks and had no soil filled over it until a couple of weeks ago. [RR NORTH SHORE REE NIGHT SCHOOLS | honres WORK GOES ON every day bulldozing the garbage and c overing It with soll, providing a constant-feast for the flocks of birds. who drop remnants of their meals on the homes below the dump. (Eric Eggertson photo) ; Bremner explained that heavy rains had. made covering the garbage im- possible as the trucks could not even reach the area. In the long term, the municipal chiefs look upon the landfill as an overall advantage to the com- munity. It disposes of garbage which arrives at the rate of 100,000 tons per year from the three North Shore municipalities. It also opens up areas along the riverbank for recreation which were otherwise unusable. But none of them pretends it is the best solution, merely NORTH & WEST VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARDS MINI COURSES November 1981 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 7:30 - 9:30 November 2, 3, 4, 5, (Each course ts 4 nights) tee for most courses $12 Handsworth Secondary School 1044 Edgewood, North Vancouver Camera Workshop Drywalling Four Mayor World Religions Fun with Computors French Dyeing on Silk Furniture Refinishing Hypnotism & Selft- Hypnotism international F are (Cooking) Landscape Design Marketing Norwegian Rosemaiing Preserving Your Personal History Salesmanship Time Management Typewriting Watercolour Chin Wen do Woodcar ving Made t asy For further information cali 985-8741 that it is the only economically viable one. The municipality dimissed the idea of incinerating its garbage some three years ago, on cost grounds. Even in 1978, the estimate for building an incinerator was $18 million, with operating costs of $14-18 per ton. Landfill operating costs at that time were $3 a ton and are now $5. “There are no natives,” alter- said Bremner. Welsh confirmed: “This is the best resolution of the problem that anybody has been able to devise. It is the best resolution of the waste probelm for the whole of the North Shore.” Meanwhile, the area presently piled with garbage is expected to be capped off for iandscaping in the next six months. Until then, residents of Greenock Place and Birchlynn are stuck with their problem. fae fot enjoy browsing at New. Traditional laquer art, vases, cranes carved trom Buffalo hom. from Vietnam. Pre-Xmassale Oct. 26th - 3ist 20% off every box on display Just West of the seabus in Esplanade Centre 260 West Esplanade, N.V. everything in the store 152. - 50» Ott For Limited Time Also, win a sweepsiake for a Canbbean ' oruise on Lov oat. 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