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Survey Results

Survey

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The Question

Should Kincardine Council abandon the Inverhuron water & sewer project 

Yes or No

Results

No 56.8%
Yes 43.2%
  100.00%

We don't edit your comments, do a spell check on them or fiddle with your punctuation. 

 We do toss out more than one vote per responder.  It's a waste of your time.  The computer eliminates them.  

Some people voted many times trying to skew the results.  It does not work as the computer tosses you out and allows only one vote for you.  We toss out multiple comments too.

Bottom Line -- multiple votes waste your time not the computers.

Here are some of the comments, but not all as some duplicate votes were tossed out.  We don't correct spelling:

Absolutely when you have less than 10%  of the residence wanting this you have  to wonder who is this all about? Is  there someone on council who is going  to benefits from this somehow  (kickbacks/property)? Probably the  same person who won't open the gate at  Mytic Cove and allow access through to  Inverhuron.

get with the program safe water to drink  and clean water to swim in !!

I understand the need for regulated  clean water and qorking sewer systems.  My home already includes municipal  water and a septic system that is only  6 years old. I can not afford even  amortized the costs associated with  what I feel is an unnecessary project.

In the long run it will be better for  the environment and the residents.  There is no guarantee that future  residents would act responisbly and  practice safe disposal of their  refuse. Once the line is in place  there are no more questions.

It is time that the Council started  listening to what the residents want!!  Just because there is grant money  available doesn't mean that it has to  be used. Look at the BIG money that  was spend in the past simply because  grant money was available!!

Kincardine Council has not permited  summer residents on sand beach to up  date septic systems for over 20 yrs  now forcing the hook up to sewers.

Let's get real the people of Inverhuron won't get a better deal in the future. Should we just throw away that $6 million and tell the province to spend it elsewhere? If the septic systems in Inverhuron are actually posing an environmental risk there is no question  the project should go forward.

look what happened in Walkerton

Many people in Inverhuron are not  financially able to take on the huge  debt. Seasonal residents do not  require this service. Inverhuron  District Ratepayers Association is  taking their own survey.  www.Inverhuronrate.com It appears that most are in favor of  sewers but not the water. To make  water mandatory could cause a real  problem in many ways.

NO ROOM FOR SEPTIC SYTEM

Nobody seems to want the project so  why proceed?

The council has already spent money that the project should continue.  Environmentally speaking it should continue as septic systems are major polluters of our lakes and rivers.

the health factor far outweighs the  cost and a chance at this dollar  amount will not come again take  advantage of it. this is cheaper than  an emergency pump out caused by a storm

The majority of residents have safe water and proper septic systems. It seems that all must subsidize the minority who are at risk due to small lot size. I believe if a property owner is proven to be at risk or polluting then they pay the cost. The project isn't being designed to handle future development and that is short sighted as well.

The people in Inverhuron deserve safe municipal  water like the rest of us.

The sewer should be connected but  water is not essential. Could all the  grant money be directed to the sewer  project only!

The sewers would be beneficial long term.

They need to focus their attention on  the severe spring flooding issues and  stop wasting taxpayer dollars on  something Inverhuron residents don't  want. Fix the infrastructure FIRST.

Why not do it when partial funding  available. Eventually it will have to  be done. Septic tanks in a residential  community I don't think so!

 

Background

Inverhuron residents were very vocal at Saturday's public meeting (July 9) that they do not want to be forced to hook up to the Kincardine lakeshore water pipeline nor do they want to pay excessive amounts for sewers when their septic systems are fine. 

Kincardine council has received two-thirds funding from the federal and provincial governments for this $9-million project, and preliminary engineering work has been ongoing since 2009, including the Environmental Assessment which is nearly complete.

 


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