Page 186 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 10 February 2016
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I would like to read just a few of the comments I have received from residents. I start with this one:
I agree with the resident in Fadden. It has to be the tip. There is no other explanation.
Thanks for the email, Nicole. We have had tip smells at least one day recently.
Hi, Nicole. It is always smelling on and off. People have probably just decided to put up with it, given the current government attitude towards doing anything useful for the Tuggeranong community. Just because you might not get regular complaints from people may not be due to the stink having abated.
We have been smelling it on a fairly regular basis, so it must be impacting the school. I have noticed it early mornings and in the evenings. When it is there, it is not pleasant. I do hope a resolution can be found for this problem.
We constantly suffer from sore eyes and throats here. We went walking just after 11 last night and got a whiff of the landfill garbage on Nicklin Crescent just below our place.
I read the article in the Canberra Times last weekend, and I support what this couple were saying about the continued smell from the tip. It concerns me as a long-time resident at Fadden that this is going to be an ongoing issue, particularly in light of the Mugga Lane tip’s life being extended.
The smell has been a problem again on and off for the last five days. I think we only notice it when the wind blows from the east. I am glad you are on to this. It must have a dramatic impact on property values in Fadden at the moment.
I was very disappointed to read last weekend’s Canberra Times article on this issue and the claims by the ACT government officials that there was no evidence of odour coming from the Mugga Lane tip site. This is completely at odds with our experience over many months. Their so-called sniff test would be laughable if it were not for the impact of it failing the residents they are supposed to serve, and whose taxes pay them. I was also unaware of the proposal to expand the tip site and the opportunity to make public comments, and if I had, I would have lodged a submission arguing against expansion without improved and more rigorous permit conditions to control odour as well as the pests attracted to the tip, such as crows, and for independent testing and verification of these permit conditions. Tip operators should not be left to regulate themselves. Regulators promising to only explore alternative testing methods after the event and after permits have been issued and conditions imposed is as equally pointless.
I have just reported to Access Canberra the smell tonight from the tip. It is 5.20 pm. I live in Fadden Hills, and you could not mistake that smell. I also told the person that my husband was recently talking to someone who said they would be interested in moving to Fadden, but were unsure now because of news of the smell.
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