The GJR will be undertaking vegetation control in areas adjacent to residential properties and formal trails sharing the railway right of way by a number of methods. We will be undertaking as soon as we can get a plan together a number of test sections using non herbicide based products in order to determine their […]
Category: Pesticides
Minutes etc.
Attached are the revised minutes from the September 13th town hall meeting regarding GJR and pesticide use, for posting on the Ward 2 blog. LC sept 13 minutes
GJR response to Dufferin St Neighbourhood Group
Dufferin Street Neighbourhood Group RE: Your email of September 7th 2010 Dear Ms. LC, I am in receipt of your email of the above noted date and wish to thank you for your quick and detailed response in bringing the concerns of the Dufferin Street Neighbourhood Group to the Board’s attention. All the Directors of […]
Vigorous public debate over railway pesticide use
The following article appeared in the September14 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Clearly-irked residents seeking a pesticide ban railed against the municipally-owned Guelph Junction Railway at a boisterous Ward 2 meeting Monday evening, hosted by councillors Vicki Beard and Ian Findlay. Some were particularly incensed at what they see as a railway board slow to […]
GJR update
FOR YOUR INFORMATION I wish to advise you that the letter from LC was distributed to the GJR Board of Directors who has tasked the Governance Committee with reviewing current and alternative maintaince activites for this area. LC will shortly be receiving a letter directly from the Board Chairman advising her of this and thanking […]
Better solution needed to control weeds along tracks
The following letter to the editor appeared in the Sept 13 edition of the Guelph Mercury: One has to wonder why letter writer Sandra Solomon, from Puslinch is defending the use of pesticides along tge Guelph Junction Railway tracks. Perhaps she is unaware that the Trans-Canada Trail is being constructed adjacent to these tracks, which […]
Community Concerns re: Pesticide Use on the GJR
Please see attached. Thank you, Dufferin Street Neighbourhood Group GJRcommentssept7
Town Hall meeting regarding GJR & pesticides reminder
Community Meeting With Ward 2 Councillors Vicki Beard and Ian Findlay Open discussion: Stop the use of pesticides on the Railway Trans Canada Trail Construction and Maintenance Other concerns Monday, September 13, 2010 7:00pm Evergreen Seniors Centre 683 Woolwich Street
Railway pesticides safe and are properly applied
The following letter to the editor appeared in the September 9 edition of the Guelph Mercury: In response to the Aug. 28 article about a pesticide ban called for along Guelph’s railway tracks, city residents should rest easy knowing that the pesticides being used to control the weeds along the tracks are safe. These products are regulated by […]
Community Meeting
Community Meeting With Ward 2 Councillors Vicki Beard and Ian Findlay Open discussion: Stop the use of pesticides on the Railway Trans Canada Trail Construction and Maintenance Other concerns Monday, September 13, 2010 7:00pm Evergreen Seniors Centre 683 Woolwich Street