Editor:
On Monday, July 31, Gibsons town council (of three members) – despite being well aware of the very real risk to the aquifer of the proposed George development, both from cleaning the contaminated site as well as construction – went ahead and issued permits, at the same time failing to ensure that the owner would put up a bond to cover the risk and possible damage incurred.
Gibsons Alliance of Business and Community Society (GABC) is currently engaged in an appeal process with the BC Environmental Appeals Board because the remedial plan proposed for the site is inadequate and risks the aquifer. The Town has been warned repeatedly that it will face a legal challenge if it approves illegal permits for work that entails risk to the aquifer. Yet Wayne Rowe and council still chose to do so Monday night.
Surely if our town council doesn’t care about the aquifer or water for the town’s residents and does not have a bond from the owner to cover the risks involved in this dubious development, they certainly do not have the community’s greater good in mind.
Natania Wingrave, Gibsons
