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Sunshine Women's Institute Tweedsmuir History Book 4 NOV. 1989 Hamlet riverbank project delayed Citizen stall LEMIEUX â€" A $1.5vmiillon safety project in this tiny hamlet is being delayed at least a year. Earlier this year, Ontario had rated the project â€"- to stabilize the banks of the South Nation River below the hamlet â€"â€" its sec- ond most important erosion con- trol project. . W'Vlr‘he provincial government said it would pay 85 per cent of the $1,275,000 project cost so the South Nation River Conservation Authority could complete it this year. But the project is being shelved because of wrangling over how much local landowners should pay as their share or“ the work. The authority‘s tabling of the matter makes it impossible to get work started this year. searchable pdfa LEMlEUX Residents vote on hamlet’s future Residents will decide :at a pub« ‘ lic meeting Monday whether they want to contribute to the $1.5«milâ€" lion cost of protecting their homes from sliding into the South Nation River. The local conservation au- thority is also giving local home- owners the option of selling their houses to the authority and movâ€" jirxg away. About 30 homes on 60 ‘to 70‘plots of land in and around the hamlet are in danger of slid- ing into the river. â€"Citizen tile pholo Because of unstable soil, there’s a danger the hamlet of L'emieux could slide. into the South Nation River I WK’d for Lemieux landowners By Jamie McDonell Illizen correspondent LEMIEUX â€" Residents of his landslide-prone hamlet may re able to sell their homes and eave in as little as two weeks. The South Nation River Con- ervation Authority will start flying out any interested land» owners as soon as an appraiser tan assess the value of the 25 tomes in the community, says :eneral manager Dennis )‘Grady. Appraisals should be ready within two weeks. says O‘Grady. The authority got permission ‘uesday to use a suit-million rant to buy out the hamlet’s sndowners. The provincial mon- y had originally been slated for rock berm and grading work to protect the hamlet. The grant will Cover 85 per cent of the cost of buying out lo- cal landowners. The conserva- tion authority will kick in an other 10 per cent, and South Plantagenet Township will add five per cent for any landowner who relocates within the munici- pality. “We've had a half-dozen homeowners approach us about being bought out," said O’Grady. “Once the appraisal is complete; we can start buying any proper- ty where we can get clear title." Hamlet resident Lucien Dore wants to see the price offered by the conservation authority be- fore he decides whether to leave his home oi 83 years. "We’re in no hurry to leave,” 07 said Dore, “We feel safe enough here." “We had (an appraisal) done before, but the price didn’t suit us,“ he said. “If I can‘t get. a fair price, I’lltake the risk (of a landslide). Appraisal of the lots in the hamlet are being conducted by the Cornwall firm, Enns and MacEachern. Lemieux homeowners will be given the option of moving their houses â€" as long as it doesn’t cost more than their appraised cost, said O'Grady. Once local landowners sell out, they will have up to a year to leave the hamlet. O’Grady says up to 10 home- owners could be bought out by the end of the year, “but I’d say a half-dozen is a more realistic estimate.“ : Homeowners unwilling to Sell and move will continue to be ye- stz-icted from making any major improvements to their homes; A building ban has been place :on all lots in the hamlet. . While the ban does not incliide work that affects e hebitabili- ty of the community’s homesgna work that would increase living space is permitted. : The landslide danger in Le mieux stems from a thick iaver oi leda clay about 30 metres be neath the hamlet or. the banks of the South Nation River. The unstable clay caused a 70« acre piece of farmland three kilometres upstream to slide 7 into the river in 1971. ,