There has been a power station on the Mill Stream (also called Burgess Creek) in Bala since 1917. As you see in the photograph above, it is a simple structure. Recently, this power station has been operated by Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
Without any community consultation or incident, last year they decided to install a fence.
So as you see below, after almost a hundred years of peaceful operation, in just a few days, an ugly chain-link fence has been installed, complete with sharp wire tops.
This is one of the many concerns we have for the proposed power station at the Bala falls.
The simple natural beauty of the area could be completely ruined if some safety or insurance requirement resulted in a fence being required.
Not only has the proponent not provided any effort to show a correct rendering of the structure, we have no assurance of what fencing would be required, both on or around the structure, as well as along the north channel.