Category: Goulbourn Wetlands

As reported in Ontario Construction News, October 18, 2019, by Robin MacLennan: Thomas Cavanagh Construction Ltd. (TCCL) has been ordered to remove illegally dumped fill and to rehabilitate damage caused in a regulated area, after the company pleaded guilty to two charges in Ontario Court. Charges under provincial law were for illegally placing and removing material and carrying out site grading within and adjacent to the Goulbourn PSW (Provincially Significant Wetland) Complex west

A Procedural Order for the “Flewellyn Special Study Area, Quarry and Remaining General Environmental Issues” was issued on May 25, 2011. It had 20 items on its Issues list. That list grew later to 24. A 2-week hearing was scheduled. Meanwhile, staff had continued discussions with certain appellants, not including Ken McRae or the FGA.  A May 12, 2011 staff report proposed revisions to OPA 76 which were significantly modified

December 2018 In November 2016, the City released a report (6.0 MB) by Dillon Consulting which summarized the results of its re-assessment of the boundaries of the Goulbourn Wetland Complex.  The analysis was based on GIS data as well as on-site surveys where access was granted.  It concluded that 53 ha should be removed from the 2008 designation and 464 ha should be added.  The City then gave landowners one

Judge orders restoration of wetland (April 2017) Goulbourn Wetlands in the news (December 2018) Thomas Cavenagh Construction Ltd. convicted (October 2019) ~~~~~ See also, from our Archives: Goulbourn Wetland Complex (2006-07) And our Minutes of 29 January and 26 March 2018. See also, on the City of Ottawa web site: https://app06.ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/ara/2006/06-22/ACS2006-PGM-POL-0056%20-%20final.htm (June 2006) and https://app06.ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/ec/2005/05-24/ACS2005-PGM-POL-0035.htm (May 2005)

At the instigation of environmentalists, in 2003 the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources evaluated the Goulbourn wetlands and found them to qualify as a Provincially Significant Wetland. The City was ordered to modify its Official Plan to reflect this status. Some landowners decided to erase all vegetation, in an effort to frustrate this designation. The City initiated an Official Plan Amendment but in July 2006, as a result of lobbying