The cars in Boyles’ yard in Hillside and the house were all covered in the dust.
“I think it’s deplorable for people having to put up with this,” said Pictou Centre MLA Pat Dunn, who came when Boyles notified him about what happened.
He said people in the area have had to endure this kind of pollution for not just weeks and months but years without much change.
“It doesn’t matter what they say, as time goes by the same things are occurring again,” Dunn said. “I’m witnessing it here again and this is not the first time. Everything’s covered, cars, houses, lawns and it’s a fairly thick coat.”
He said something needs to be done to get Nova Scotia Power to accept responsibility.
“They can’t deny that it’s happening,” Dunn said.
Boyles is used to fly ash landing on his property, which sits in the prevailing wind’s direction from the generating station, but said that Monday’s fallout was worse than normal. He called Nova Scotia Power to inform them of what happened.
Beverly Ware, senior communications adviser for Nova Scotia Power, said they are currently investigating the complaint and will share information about what happened, when they get that information.
“It’s so discouraging,” said Sadie Boyles as she looked at the dirt on her house. “It’s hard when our grandkids come to visit, they’re stuck in the house. I don’t allow them to play on this grass.”
On the same property as their house sits apples trees which Peter’s grandfather planted. They bear fruit ripe and ready to pick, but it goes unused because the Boyles family wouldn’t feel safe eating it. The same applies to the grape vines, blackberry bushes and raspberries on the property.
The Boyles believe the flyash also hurts their deck.
“This is our second deck we’ve had on this house since we built this home,” she said.
She’s said it before and she repeats it again. She could never sell their property.
“Knowing what we go through, I wouldn’t want anybody to have to,” she said.
Dunn said he will be bringing up the concerns at an open house hosted by Nova Scotia Power today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The cars in Boyles’ yard in Hillside and the house were all covered in the dust.
“I think it’s deplorable for people having to put up with this,” said Pictou Centre MLA Pat Dunn, who came when Boyles notified him about what happened.
He said people in the area have had to endure this kind of pollution for not just weeks and months but years without much change.
“It doesn’t matter what they say, as time goes by the same things are occurring again,” Dunn said. “I’m witnessing it here again and this is not the first time. Everything’s covered, cars, houses, lawns and it’s a fairly thick coat.”
He said something needs to be done to get Nova Scotia Power to accept responsibility.
“They can’t deny that it’s happening,” Dunn said.
Boyles is used to fly ash landing on his property, which sits in the prevailing wind’s direction from the generating station, but said that Monday’s fallout was worse than normal. He called Nova Scotia Power to inform them of what happened.
Beverly Ware, senior communications adviser for Nova Scotia Power, said they are currently investigating the complaint and will share information about what happened, when they get that information.
“It’s so discouraging,” said Sadie Boyles as she looked at the dirt on her house. “It’s hard when our grandkids come to visit, they’re stuck in the house. I don’t allow them to play on this grass.”
On the same property as their house sits apples trees which Peter’s grandfather planted. They bear fruit ripe and ready to pick, but it goes unused because the Boyles family wouldn’t feel safe eating it. The same applies to the grape vines, blackberry bushes and raspberries on the property.
The Boyles believe the flyash also hurts their deck.
“This is our second deck we’ve had on this house since we built this home,” she said.
She’s said it before and she repeats it again. She could never sell their property.
“Knowing what we go through, I wouldn’t want anybody to have to,” she said.
Dunn said he will be bringing up the concerns at an open house hosted by Nova Scotia Power today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
