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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-12-12, Page 13PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013.Hutton Heights services being consideredNorth Huron Township Council isconsidering different pricing optionsin providing services to HuttonHeights, a small collection of resi-dential homes south of Wingham.The houses, which are surrounded by land which could be used for future development, are just south ofWingham, and consist of severalhomes on the North Huron side ofthe road and a few homes and a hotelon the Morris-Turnberry side of theroad.Deputy-Reeve David Riachbrought up the idea of consideringoptions including a municipal well built near the site and running a municipal water hookup through thelowlands between the site and thetown of Wingham, during council’sDec. 1 meeting, however the ideawas met with mixed responses.Councillor Archie MacGowan saidhe had been a part of this discussionbefore and he felt they would runinto difficulties if they tried to devel- op the area. “My recollection is that theMinistry of the Environment wouldstep in and say we need a municipalwater hookup,” he said. “I wouldhate for Don [Nicholson, chief waterand sewer operator] to waste timelooking into that.”Riach stated the engineering of theproduct was, four years ago, $750,000, but now the cost would be over $2 million. “If we’re going to develop the land south of town, particularly in Hutton Heights, we have to have water and sewer available,” he said. “It would be difficult to develop industrial land if we don’t have the services avail- able. We know the cost to run a line out, but we don’t know the cost of drilling a well and having a stand alone water system.” Nicholson said full treatment of the water would be required, stating it would require a fluoride and chlo- rination system and said he was fine with looking into the project. “I’m all right with investigating in, I’m not disagreeing with it,” he said. Councillor Brock Vodden won- dered if the services could be built into a road the township had debated building two years past, however Nicholson said that would definitely be more expensive than just running the services. “My first take on this is, in some ways, it might be easier to just go through the flood plain,” he said. “It’s a vacant land beside the high pressure gas line. Beside that, there is nothing to hinder open trenching and directional drilling under the river. That’s probably the best solu- tion versus running under a road.” Councillor Bernie Bailey, howev- er, felt council should hold off on any research or discussion.“I think it would be a waste of timeright now to tackle this,” he said.“We have many other things to take care of first. I think it’s prema-ture to talk about any of this at thistime.”Riach felt that was incorrect, stat-ing that, if there is possibly develop- ment in Hutton Heights, be it indus- trial or otherwise, they should have the answers about how much run- ning services will cost and what kind of investment in time they are look- ing at. “We need to be proactive,” he said. Bailey rebutted saying the whole issue had been turned around from when it was discussed by North Huron’s joint economic develop- ment committee with Morris- Turnberry. He said it was premature to price it out until there was poten- tial for an industrial plot at the loca- tion. Reeve Neil Vincent felt the plan was worth considering. “The more we know, the more parts of the puzzle we have,” he said. “The more we have, the more realis- tic of a plot we can make.” Riach made a motion to have a cost analysis of the stand-alone water system and running water from Wingham to Hutton Heights and council approved it. Vodden agreed with the idea, stat- ing if they didn’t take any action towards building, the cost of investi- gating would be minimal and pro- vide good information for council. “We’re not going to take action unless there is industrial develop- ment out there,” he said. “We’re not going to put in a $2 million project for the small amount of residential properties out there.” Preparing for Christmas Huronlea Home for the Aged in Brussels was the perfect place to prepare for Christmas with all sorts of things, including spices and recipes, on sale. Terry Wegg, left, went to Cadi and Erin Baan, back, to find some special fixins. 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