HomeMy WebLinkAboutG-632 Bregar, Chair Westridge NA 1-2-2024 - Struck From Record - See Order on Evidence Regarding West Waluga Park:
In the past, we used to dig up wetlands for various development
projects. We were naïve in thinking that we could just bulldoze through
a wetlands area and that it would all grow back as it was. We were flat
out wrong, but we didn't know better.
However, times have changed, and we have discovered how fragile
wetlands are, and what an important habitat they are. And no, they
don't just grow back as they were. The proponents of the proposed
sewer line and temporary road through West Waluga Park are ignoring
the science that tells us that the destruction of wetlands is not trivial.
Plus, the people who state that the area will simply grow back, are
conveniently glossing over the fact that they can't allow trees to grow
over the new sewer line because the root systems will interfere with the
sewer pipes. How can they reconcile that with the thinking that the
area will grow back to be the same as it was?
Those of us who voted for Ballot measure 3-568 (62% of us), expressly
stated that we did not want roads built through Lake Oswego's 16
designated natural parks. The people who are proposing that a
temporary road be constructed for the placement of a sewer line, seem
to think that a temporary road doesn't count as a road. In my book, a
road, is a road, is a road.
Ruth Bregar
Co-Chair
Westridge Neighborhood Association