THE FIXER Order to fix fence found on site
The fencing around a former industrial site is falling apart, allowing anybody to wander into the property.
For decades, Wabash Alloys occupied a huge facility at 195 Wicksteed Ave., near Laird Dr. and Eglinton Ave. It closed in the late 1990s, the land was sold and the buildings torn down.
At some point, two wide sections of the fence that runs along the Wicksteed portion of the property collapsed, allowing access to a site that is covered with crushed cement with iron rods sticking out of it.
While checking it out, we found a temporary shower facility, obviously set up for workers involved in the demolition.
In the shower facility we found a paper copy of a Ministry of Labour order that said a complaint about the collapsed fencing had been investigated on Oct. 24, and that an order was issued to “repair the gaps in the existing perimeter fence . . . by Oct. 28, 2005, to deny access to the contaminated property.”
Near the shower were many pairs of disposable coveralls, the kind worn by people in a contaminated environment.
Leonard Linton told us by phone yesterday that someone had told him they’d seen a family exploring the site. * STATUS: Richard Butts, in charge of bylaw enforcement in Toronto, said someone would be sent out this week to investigate. WHO’S GETTING IT FIXED:
Richard Butts, Toronto’s acting director of municipal licensing and standards; 416-397-4649; rbutts@toronto.ca What’s broken in your neighbourhood? Wherever you are in Greater Toronto, we want to know. To email us, go to thestar.com, click on the GTA tab, then click on
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