Yasmina Seddiki
Yasmina is a student in the Environmental Biology program at McGill University. She was responsible for examining the assessment procedures, results and mitigation proposals to the environmental pollution impacts of the HMZB project EIA.
Does Yasmina endorse the project?
Yasmina considers that this project entails several advantages, such as the reduction in travelling time, and that it should be continued. However she criticizes the EIA that does not propose and evaluate potential avoidance measures to the project design. Although the implementation of mitigation measures may help towards achieving acceptable standards, avoiding a process that is detrimental to the environment should be the first alternative considered in impact assessment.