From Knickertwist...
An amazing little drama unfolded a few weeks ago and I stepped back from the upkeep of this blog. Truth be told I considered taking the whole thing down but someone came forward and said it should remain. Long story short, updates and information can now be sent to citizen@socialtech.ca who will anonymously post on behalf of affected residents.
Anyway, enough time has passed to warrant an update so here it is...
We have received a letter written on behalf of John Gerretsen, Minister of the Environment. The letter states:
"... ministry staff from the Peterborough District office have been communicating with you about Canadian Blast Freezers (CBF) and are actively working to ensure the City of Quinte West and CBF resolve this noise issue."
"I can assure you that the ministry will continue to work, along with the city, to ensure that CBF undertakes the appropriate actions to mitigate the noise from their facility."
Holy mother of Saltine crackers! It only took six months and about a zillion messages to be assured that action of some sort will be taken.
For those of you who attended the meeting at Quinte West city hall, the document that the acoustic engineer said applied to this particular case is NPC-205, Sound Level Limits for Stationary Sources in Class 1 & 2 Areas (Urban) Of particular interest in this document is that aircraft noise is excluded when measuring background noise levels. This may be something to bring up with the engineer when the assessment is done.
Another update comes from the Midtown Meats union web page:
"Although we had requested to be allowed to visit the Trenton facility to ensure the Midtown Meats Ltd. Collective Agreement is not being violated, Mr. Willard has denied the request."
Hmmm.
Last, but not least, despite the fact that the Ministry of the Environment has sent assurances that the noise issue will be dealt with, and the city has hired an acoustic engineer to assess the situation, we've had enough. This entire ordeal has left us tired, miserable and worn. And so, we're putting this joint up for sale and starting the search for a house that we can make a home.
Oh, in case you were wondering, we will be voluntarily disclosing the noise issue to potential buyers.
