Chedoke Creek dredging to begin in the next week, City of Hamilton says
Dredging was to have started last month but halted on Aug. 18 due to a dispute over proper consultation with the Haudenosaunee Development Institute – an agency representing the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council.HDI lawyer Aaron Detler told Global News last month the city was required to submit an application as per a tenet of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples .
City staff say consultations are ongoing with First Nations groups – including the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, the Huron-Wendat Nation, and two others representing Haudenosaunee people – in regards to monitoring of the cleanup.Story continues below advertisement In-water work will take place seven days a week between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. with little “excess noise, dust or smells,” according to the city.
Residents are being alerted of increased truck traffic along Macklin Street North and that temporary construction sites will be visible at the base of Longwood Road South near the Desjardin Trail as well as Macklin Street North across from Kay Drage Park. Kay Drage will be closed to public access for the entire operation, as will the access trail behind Nicholas Mancini Centre.
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