VERY STRANGE AND SUSPICIOUS

It is no surprise that the MAC's excavations on Arthur St. are finished and the hole is being backfilled and compacted. My estimate is that they went down very nearly twenty feet deep in order to sample and remove contaminated dirt.

The old Varnicolor site on Union St. is another matter all together. The Ontario M.O.E. have some explaining to do. I first reported here in the Advocate approximately 6 weeks ago (Aug. 12/11) about the large empty excavation on the site. A couple of different explanations were given as to what was going on. In essence, similar to the first story I received, it appears as if this hole was dug and the soil permitted to "air" out as well as be washed by a number of rains. No work was visible or obvious from nearby and this combined with the unanswered followup questions which I printed here on September 17/11, make this whole process suspect. When I say "no work" I'm referring to when the hole was open. As of this past Saturday the excavation has been filled in. No matter what the truth is , even if reasonable, by fibbing or obfuscating, the Ministry of the Environment are continuing their horrible legacy surrounding this site.