WAINFLEET — They knew the turbines were coming, they even knew the fight to stop them was all but over; what they didn’t know however was how construction would impact their lives.
A group of Wellandport residents living on Side Road 42 and Concession 6 recently met with Wainfleet Mayor April Jeffs to go through a laundry list of complaints associated with construction of wind turbines, specifically the transmission lines for the project.
“There is no notice,” said Concession 6 property owner LeaAnne Robins, who has seen construction devastate roadside trees in front of her property.
“They’ve massacred all the 80-year-old oaks on the road,” she said, explaining she expects construction of transmission towers to follow the clear cutting.
She said there was no notice given of how her property would be impacted and added it is hard to see the trees go.
“It’s kind of the reason you live in the country,” she said, adding, “we didn’t buy property out here to stare at metal monsters.”
Robins noted one instance where construction trucks have delayed access significantly to her property.
On Side Road 42 where transmission towers are already going up those delays have become common.
Mothers Against Wind Turbines Inc. 