JOHN JANTAK
The 1019 Report
Residents opposed to the MRC’s choice of location for a $20-million open-air compost processing facility in St. Télesphore are seeking help from municipal councils across the region – and they are gaining support.
On Monday evening, members of Vaudreuil-Dorion city council were asked to question Mayor Guy Pilon’s vote on the MRC council in support of the purchase of a seven-hectare site in St. Télesphore, which residents say covers crucial underground water sources that could be put at risk of contamination by the facility.
Last week, the growing group of residents opposed to the project – the largest in the MRC’s history – were in Pincourt, urging elected officials there to do the same. Including in that group was the former mayor of St. Télesphore, Claude Cyr, who now lives in Pincourt.
So far, three municipal councils in the region – St. Polycarpe, Ste. Justine de Newton and Coteau du Lac – have adopted formal resolutions in the last month urging the MRC to reconsider its choice of locations for the plant. These towns have asked the MRC to consider an industrial site for the facility.
The pressure campaign to convince members of the MRC council to reconsider the site location is expected to continue later today, as the MRC hosts its regular public meeting at 7: 30 p.m. at the MRC offices, 208 Harwood Blvd. in Vaudreuil-Dorion.
Next week, residents from across the region are invited to attend an information session to learn more about the project, an event that some Vaudreuil-Dorion councillors said Monday they would attend to get answers to the questions they have about the project. The information sessions will be held Nov. 29, from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m., at the Centre Socioculturel de Très St. Rédempteur, 808 Principale St.
To register, go to MRC’s website at https://mrcvs.ca/.