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Mistake looming - Sharon Long

Sewage is not a pretty topic, but it's an important one in my area of Sudbury right now. The rock tunnel that is to service the South End is scheduled to be completed in November 2008.

Sewage is not a pretty topic, but it's an important one in my area of Sudbury right now.

The rock tunnel that is to service the South End is scheduled to be completed in November 2008. In the meantime, raw sewage is being dumped into Lake Nepahwin when the existing sewage system can't handle the load.

 Many of us are concerned about health issues for people living on the lake and for those who swim at Nepahwin beach in the summer.

We were upset when we heard the city may give Dalron Construction permission to build hundreds of new residential units in an area that will use the same failing infrastructure.

We have been told construction can start immediately if council accepts their proposal. They don't have to take potential environmental damage into consideration, nor do they have to concern themselves with the possibility of a health catastrophe in the existing population.

 The entire South End may be affected by the sewage problem. And all of Sudbury should be concerned about a council that would even consider allowing something so detrimental to the health and safety of the community.

Sharon Long
Sudbury