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Roads, trash and transit are among the top issues in West Carleton-March, which is perhaps not surprising since it is home to the Carp dump and buses aren’t the most efficient way to get around the vast rural riding.
Candidates running for city council in the ward say crumbling infrastructure in the ward is a major issue, and one that whoever is elected to council needs to fight to address.
West-Carleton March covers more than 719 square kilometres and includes the communities of Carp, Fitzroy Harbour and Constance Bay, running from the Ottawa River in the north and west to Highway 7 in the south and Golden Line Road in the east. That means a lot of pavement for the ward’s 21,455 residents to drive around on, since large swaths of the riding don’t benefit from regular bus service.
Well water has also become an issue in the ward, particularly discontent over rules that require raw groundwater to meet certain Ministry of Environment guidelines when severing lots. If the regulations aren’t met, the lot severance can be denied, which has upset some residents.
The former Carp Road landfill is also located in the ward. It was closed in 2011, but Waste Management Inc. has received the rezoning necessary to move ahead with a new landfill capable of taking in 400,000 tonnes of non-hazardous waste a year that could open as soon as 2017. The Ministry of the Environment has given preliminary approval for the expansion.
City council had little say in the decision, and is now left trying to mitigate concerns about the West Carleton Environmental Centre through recommendations about the site plan and a community liaison committee.
Incumbent councillor Eli El-Chantiry, 57, says getting as much funding as possible for road work is his top priority, something that is also a significant concern for challengers Alex Aronec, president of the March Rural Community Association, former financial adviser Brendan Gorman, 35, and one time Ottawa radio DJ Jonathan “Gonzo” Mark, 50. James Parsons, 51, is running on a platform of cutting red tape and finding efficiencies at city hall, but provided no contact information and wasn’t provided a survey.
aseymour@ottawacitizen.com
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Candidates running for city council in the ward say crumbling infrastructure in the ward is a major issue, and one that whoever is elected to council needs to fight to address.
West-Carleton March covers more than 719 square kilometres and includes the communities of Carp, Fitzroy Harbour and Constance Bay, running from the Ottawa River in the north and west to Highway 7 in the south and Golden Line Road in the east. That means a lot of pavement for the ward’s 21,455 residents to drive around on, since large swaths of the riding don’t benefit from regular bus service.
Well water has also become an issue in the ward, particularly discontent over rules that require raw groundwater to meet certain Ministry of Environment guidelines when severing lots. If the regulations aren’t met, the lot severance can be denied, which has upset some residents.
The former Carp Road landfill is also located in the ward. It was closed in 2011, but Waste Management Inc. has received the rezoning necessary to move ahead with a new landfill capable of taking in 400,000 tonnes of non-hazardous waste a year that could open as soon as 2017. The Ministry of the Environment has given preliminary approval for the expansion.
City council had little say in the decision, and is now left trying to mitigate concerns about the West Carleton Environmental Centre through recommendations about the site plan and a community liaison committee.
Incumbent councillor Eli El-Chantiry, 57, says getting as much funding as possible for road work is his top priority, something that is also a significant concern for challengers Alex Aronec, president of the March Rural Community Association, former financial adviser Brendan Gorman, 35, and one time Ottawa radio DJ Jonathan “Gonzo” Mark, 50. James Parsons, 51, is running on a platform of cutting red tape and finding efficiencies at city hall, but provided no contact information and wasn’t provided a survey.
aseymour@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/andrew_seymour
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