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Request for status update, Red Hill Expressway
Dear Minister Dombrowsky,
Further to our letters of December 17, 2003, November 5, 2003, November 13, 2003, and August 21, 2003, we are writing to clarify the status of the Red Hill Creek Expressway project.
While we have been promised a response indicating whether or not the Red Hill Creek Expressway approvals warrant a reassessment under s.11.4(1) of the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act, we have not received a decision to date. This week marks the five-month anniversary of our request.
Kingston sewage spills worse in 2003
Although Kingston's plan to improve its aging sewers kicked into high gear last year, more untreated sewage spewed into local waterways in 2003 than during any other time in recent history.
Nearly 700 million litres of raw sewage - enough to fill 8,750 backyard swimming pools - were discharged into creeks, rivers and Lake Ontario over a 12-month period.
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