Kingston waterfront news: March 2006
Yesterday CKWS-TV news ran this piece about Bath's Lafarge cement plant's plans to burn tires in its kilns.
The April 2006 CORK-Sail Kingston Newsletter is out.
Also, in their semi-regular email newsletter, CORK announces that they have ordered three new Triumph model 170CC support boats with money they received from the Trillium Foundation.
Over at Rideau Marina the South boathouse is being torn down. It's being removed because it covers some deeper-water slips that many boaters hesitate to rent because they are under cover. Very soon those slips will be wide-open.
Today The Whig Standard reports that the City is studying improving and expanding our municipal marinas, possibly establishing a partnership with the private sector.
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper and Gord Downie ask the government to deny Lafarge permits.
Their 11-page submission in PDF format is here. That's a long list of concerns; read the whole thing.
Here's the transcript of tonight's CKWS-TV story about the Bittern retrofit that was approved by City Council at Tuesday night's meeting.
The Whig reports that CFB Kingston has closed access to a popular waterfront cycling trail.
At issue before Council tonight, the City of Kingston proposes to rent an office at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour to Clifts Marine Sales of Toronto whose homepage already touts this as a done deal. Note the rent. We're guessing this is the thin edge of the wedge, and it's only a matter of time before they start renting docks and using POH as a major sales centre.
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper has serious concerns about Lafarge's plan to burn tires and other garbage in its cement kiln near Bath.
The Bath cement plant is already one of the largest polluters in the region (see also here).
The March 2006 issue of the Collins Bay Yacht Club Newsletter is now available.
The Downtown Kingston! organization has announced that August 11, 12 & 13th are dates of this year's 1000 Island's Poker Run.
The full 2006 Poker Runs America schedule is here.
CKWS-TV reports that the City dumped 7 million litres of waste water into the Cataraqui River this week.
From the United States Army Corps of Engineers:
All of the Great Lakes are 3 to 8 inches below the levels of a year ago. Lake Superior is below chart datum and is expected to be at the same level a month from now. Lake Michigan-Huron is below chart datum and should rise 4 inches within the next 30 days. Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie are expected to rise 4 inches over the next month and Lake Ontario is expected to rise two inches over the next month. Due to a warmer than average January and February some of the Great Lakes seem to have begun their seasonal rise earlier than normal, but levels over the next few months on all the Great Lakes are expected to remain lower than 2005.
