‘Bigger vision’ expected from NEC, says reader
Wednesday August 20 2008 Dear editor,
I am very surprised and disappointed that the Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC) has decided to level the Tim DaSilva BMX track.
In both the Act (sections 8.c and 8.f) and the NEC Plan (Objectives 3. and 6.) we find the the following two objectives: “To provide adequate opportunities for outdoor recreation;” and “To provide for adequate public access to the Niagara Escarpment.”
I further examined both the NEC Act and Plan and a BMX track is in compliance with both. I am not familiar with the procedures that the building of the track followed and I hear the NEC claims procedural violations. Even with that, it seems that levelling a few mounds of earth that are used for recreational cycling is a small act by people we would expect bigger vision from. Cycling is as green as it gets. Recreation is encouraged on the Escarpment lands. How can levelling a BMX track built by world class experts be anything but wrong?
I encourage every parent whose children enjoy cycling to speak up against this. The track is the right thing in the right place. It is good stewardship. It is very good for our community.
Please speak up. Let us keep this track.
Ken Kopke, Georgetown

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