Published 2 years ago

Hamilton asked to delay Chedoke Creek dredging

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Hamilton was scheduled to put a dredging machine into the creek Thursday to begin vacuuming up 22,000 tonnes of sewage-laced sludge. The $6-million project was ordered by the province after The Spectator revealed in 2019 the city had kept secret the magnitude of a four-year, 24-billion-litre sewage spill. But work was delayed after three members of the Haudenosaunee Development Institute (HDI) parked a car on the bridge leading into the dredging prep site.

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The Hamilton Spectator

Hamilton asked to delay Chedoke Creek dredging

The city put its cleanup of sewage-soaked Chedoke Creek on hold Thursday after representatives of Six Nations hereditary leaders showed up to request consultation they argued is required under treaty rights. Hamilton was scheduled to put a dredging machine into the creek Thursday to begin vacuuming up 22,000 tonnes of sewage-laced sludge. The $6-million project was ordered by the province after The Spectator revealed in 2019 the city had kept se…

2 years ago·Hamilton, Canada

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