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Courier"&g --_c3133310-cd6a-4991-bf0f-a18b8ab1877b_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello All=2C I attended the below mentioned meeting today in Cole Harbour. Thanks for= this notice which was in the local papers on the weekend=2C missed by me and I'm sure a= lot of others. The N.S Power P.R. guy was upbraided for the short notice and apoligized fo= r this short coming. This being the first of a series of public consultations=2C he prom= ised to do better in=20 the future. The pressing issue for N.S Power is the need to upgrade the transmission= system to get more power to the rapidly growing Eastern Passage/ Cow Bay/ South Dartmouth= area from a substation on the #7 highway in Westphall. They are asking for public input about the routing of the transmission r= oute. There was also a man from H.R.M. planning who spoke about the importance= of maintaining the integrity of the area salt marsh and parks and protected land as well a= s the sight lines so that there is as little as possible disruption. They hope to work with N= .S. Power to include the trail along Bisset Lake to be able to connect the city trails s= ystem to the Salt=20 Marsh Trail . There was no mention of clear cutting! The claim is that the = suggested routing would be the most environmentally friendly way to go. Only enough cutting f= or the footprint of the poles which are spaced about 350 meters apart. Trees under the lines= would stay (up to a certain height). Presumable the trail would follow this line. The reason for running the line along the lake would be to keep it as lo= w as possible so that sight lines from the salt marsh area are not disrupted as it would be = if the line was running along the ridge. Some points from questions from the floor:- -Home owners who would have the line virtually in their back yards were ups= et about property values and possible health hazzards from electro magnetic radiation. (a 20= 05 Health Canada report can find no such connection.) -Others suggested burying the cable at least in the area where there were p= eople living. The reply was to point out that the cost would increase to about $50=2C000= =2C000 instead of the projected $5=2C000=2C000 and would involve a clear cut for the entire lengh= t of the buried section which would have to be kept cleared so tree roots would not affect the cabl= e. There are also some wet lands along the route where environmental laws you not let you bur= ry it. -A suggestion to send to power directly from the Tuft's Cove power plant vi= a under water cable would be more expensive again and there is too much developement in t= he downtown=20 Darmouth area to allow a land corridore along the shore line. Stay tuned=2C there will be more meetings. You should also be able to ge= t more info on their=20 web site. (www.nspower.ca/CHEP) Cheers Dennis Hippern Cole Harbour =20 om: patrick.kelly@dal.ca To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Power line planned for edge of Bissett Lake Date: Wed=2C 19 May 2010 13:52:08 -0300 Hello everyone: The following note was passed on to me by Suzanne Borkowski who received th= e information from an area resident. I have looked at the NS Power web site= and they have a PDF file that contains a map of the proposed routing=2C wh= ich is right along the entire eastern edge of the lake. http://www.nspower.ca/site-nsp/media/nspower/NSP.fact.sheet.pdf I'm not sure what the restrictions are on lakefront development=2C etc. but= it appears as though the clearcut will run along a lakeshore. I would encourage interested people=2C especially those from the area=2C to= attend the information session. There is no mention of the meeting=2C that= I could find=2C an the NS Power web site. Pat =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D A resident of Bissett Lake called me to say that NS Power plans to clearcut= a huge swath of land along the edge of Bissett Lake to install a power gri= d servicing Eastern Passage. The proposed site starts at the edge of the m= arsh (wetland) on the Cole Harbour side of Bissett Lake and runs towards th= e NS Rehab Centre on Bissett Lake Road. =20 This means that all the woods on the far side of the lake - left hand side = - will be clearcut. The plan is to erect 100 ft high power poles connected= by wires. This would be directly in the flight path of thousands of Canad= a Geese and numerous other species of birds that use Bissett Lake. Trails Canada put a bid on that same parcel of land a while ago to build a = trail which includes a bridge over the marsh/wetland and a walking trail ex= tending to the NS Rehab Ctr. However=2C if NS Power has decided they want = that land=2C I doubt if Trails Canada would be able to compete=2C financial= ly. There's going to be an info session tomorrow=2C Thursday=2C May 20th=2C at = Cole Harbour Place=2C on Forest Hills Parkway=2C right next to Cole Harbour= High School=2C from 4:00 - 7:00 pm.=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax=2C Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax=2C Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Canada Canada =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Dating: Find someone special. 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