Dear editor:

It has been reported in The Lake Report, May 1 issue, page 7, that a section of Niagara Stone Road (Regional Highway 55) is currently being widened by Rankin Construction as part of the development, which will facilitate access to a privately owned winery (“Roadwork begins on Niagara Stone Road for winery development“).

This project has the approval of the Niagara Region. However, according to the NOTL communications co-ordinator, there is no information that has been made public that indicates who is paying for this widening to facilitate the private development.

In my opinion, this claim makes little sense when construction is already underway and a contract has obviously been agreed to.

It is in the interest of basic transparency and the taxpaying residents of NOTL who have a right to know who is paying for this.

Derek Collins
NOTL