Mississauga council making noise about construction noise

2
5394
mississauga condos

Mississauga residents are tired of waking up to construction noise at 6 a.m. every morning and council says it’s time to revoke an emergency order allowing extended construction.

โ€œIn areas near or very close to con. Itโ€™s very tough at 6 a.m. being woken up to the sound of excavation, loud drilling, sounds like jack hammering, Councillor John Kovac said at the May 4 council meeting.

โ€œI use it as my alarm, I kid you not.โ€

Kovac recorded construction site noise from his condo and played it for council.

โ€œItโ€™s very extreme,โ€ he said, accusing the province of being pro development.

โ€œI think theyโ€™re being disrespectful to the people of Ontario that the claim to support.โ€

Mississauga council meeting

On April 7, 2020, the province issued O.Reg. 131/20 under the Municipal Act, 2001, temporarily suspending the power of municipalities to enact by-laws regulating construction related noise between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., or โ€œany time of day if the construction is related to the healthcare sector.โ€

Several councilors say they have received dozens of complaints.

The issue is compounded during stay-at-home orders when residents are working from and spending more time at home.

โ€œThe noise levels in residentsโ€™ neighbourhoods have a significant impact on quality of life,โ€ the motion read. โ€œMental health of residents has been increasingly negatively impacted as the COVID-19 pandemic has continued.โ€

The city is requesting the province review O.Reg. 131/20 โ€œto limit the disruption to residents.โ€

โ€œI have two sites where thereโ€™s an apartment building with a large parking long that is now being converted into another apartment building,โ€ said Councillor Dipika Damerla.

โ€œYou can imagine how close that construction is to the existing apartment building and under the provinceโ€™s emergency construction laws, it can go from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. right next to your ear. Thatโ€™s a bit much to ask.โ€

understand when it was brought in as a COVID measure, how or wy extending construction hours for building condos . . . I can understand a hospital,

Without the provincial order scheduled to remain in place until the end of October, construction noise would be restricted by municipal bylaws.

โ€œI think 13 months later, its time to repeal this. I donโ€™t understand what the economic argument for this, but I think it is too much to expect people who are unfortunate enough to have large construction going on next door to them, whether its roadwork or residential cons or office construction.โ€

2 COMMENTS

  1. It’s 7am and that’s still too early. I want to off every last one of them making this horrid noise. I’m going to lose MY job from lack of sleep!

  2. There is construction drilling going on the whole day from 7AM to 5PM. I am still working from home and get constant migraines. I don’t know how much drilling there needs to be. Are they trying get to the core of the earth? Like honestly terrible environment in this city!

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

I accept the Privacy Policy