Farmland should be protected for future generations

Editor:

I believe you missed the point when you wrote about the issue of the Steer facility.

Let me state the facts as I see them.

Steer is primarily an industrial repair business that handles all types of pollutants (ex. gasoline, diesel, oil and anti-freeze), all of which may leak from faulty vehicles sitting waiting to be repaired. It’s not a good idea to be sitting on 10 acres of good fertile farmland.

The fact is that we’re using up too much farmland and we should be protecting it for future generations.

We should be listening to experienced speakers with professional credentials and not disregarding their concerns?

As we have industrial lands in Clearview, should we not be following the advice of town planners and environmental lawyers and insist that development follow the strict guidelines regarding environmental protection?

The new Esso station at Cashtown Corners dispenses fuel and must meet very high standards to protect the property from contamination, i.e. fuel management and containment systems, zero tolerance when it comes to spills, rigorous inspections, regularly by engineers to protect the property and underground aquifers below the site. What assurances does the public have that any facility Steer develops would follow these same rigorous standards?

Jim Slattery,

Creemore.