Reeve Ben Van Diepenbeek is outraged at comments by Huron-Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell regarding the township’s wind turbine setbacks.

Mitchell made comments last week on FM 101.7 radio stating that the township is “dragging their feet” by not passing their wind turbine bylaw. She said “the township should move so the Kingsbridge II wind project can begin.”

Firstly, Van Diepenbeek said the township is not passing a wind turbine bylaw but rather a consolidated bylaw for the three wards. He said the township’s consolidated bylaw is not ready to proceed yet and will still have to go through a public process before it can be passed.

“We are not going to pass one part of the bylaw now; we want all of the consolidated bylaw complete,” he said.

Van Diepenbeek said Mitchell should know that it is not the township “dragging their feet” but the Ministry of Environment (MOE). He said Mitchell was with council when they met the minister several months ago and they have been waiting for information since then so they could move forward.
He added that it will be early in the new year when the township should have all the information needed to be able to proceed and pass the consolidated bylaw.