Letter-writing campaign to oppose Stratford sewage plan

A watershed group in Stratford is urging residents to write to P.E.I. Premier Wade MacLauchlan and MLAs in opposition to the current plans for treating the town's sewage.

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Last fall town council voted to build a new sewage plant in the community, but Premier Wade MacLauchlanrefused to fund the plan, saying he wanted a regional approach to sewage treatment.

The province announced a plan for a centralized plant in Charlottetown, with wastewater piped across the Hillsborough River to Charlottetown.

Winston Maund, chair of the Stratford Area Watershed Improvement Group, is concerned about the safety of a pipeline plan, and is not giving up the fight for a plant in Stratford.

"We agreed to not do the petition, but for each of us to write a letter to the premier and [Environment Minister] Robert Mitchell and any of our MLAs that we could send a note off to, and just express our concern," said Maund.

"It wasn't a democratic process, let's say. People had concerns and hopefully they'll voice that through a letter to their MLAs and to the premier."

Maund worries that if the sewage is piped to Charlottetown, a spill might pollute the Hillsborough River.

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