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April
3,
2002
A
Winnipeg
construction
company
came
under
fire
today
for
starting
work
on
a
new
project
before
it
got
the
official
green
light.
Local
developer
Ladco
Homes
was
given
a
cease
and
desist
order
by
the
City
to
stop
ripping
down
part
of
a
forest
along
the
Seine
River.
The
developer
began
cutting
down
the
trees
to
make
an
access
road
to
a
proposed
housing
subdivision.
The
city
has
yet
to
approve
the
planned
phase
two
of
the
Royalwood
subdivision,
and
Ladco
Homes
did
not
have
the
proper
permits
to
begin
cutting.
"What
they've
done
so
far
is
illegal,"
says
city
councillor
Harry
Lazarenko,
who
chairs
the
city's
riverbank
management
committee.
"Now
they've
been
given
a
notice
they
must
apply
for
a
permit."
Lazarenko
says
Ladco
has
a
good
reputation
and
he
can't
figure
out
why
the
company
started
chopping
down
trees
without
their
papers
in
order.
"Ladco
should
have
had
enough
brains
to
know
themselves
-
they're
not
just
a
new
company,
they've
been
in
business
for
many
years,"
he
says.
The
access
road
Ladco
wants
to
build
will
also
make
way
for
a
new
bridge
over
the
Seine
River
-
a
bridge
Ladco
has
offered
to
build
at
no
cost
to
the
city.
A
local
activist
group,
Save
Our
Seine,
wants
the
area
for
a
new,
32
hectare
park.
For
a
second
straight
day,
Ladco
would
not
comment
on
the
situation.
A
spokesperson
for
the
province
says
it's
still
a
matter
between
the
city
and
Ladco
-
even
though
province
is
partnered
with
the
developer
and
has
a
37
per
cent
stake
in
the
project.
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