Gamsby and Mannerow Ltd. have completed the Environmental Assessment (EA) required for the proposed North Shore Sewer Installation Project.

Town Council

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Gamsby and Mannerow Ltd. have completed the Environmental Assessment (EA) required for the proposed North Shore Sewer Installation Project.

The EA included:

initial comments for regulatory agencies
public comments
natural heritage Environmental Impact Study (EIS)
archeological assessment
additional project information
second submission of comments or correspondence from interested regulatory agencies

According to a staff report to Council on Monday night, the 'Recommended Alternative' is to install a gravity sewer collection system to a series of two pump station, pumping through a forcemain to the existing sewage pumping station.

With the EA now done, the project is nearing the end of the planning process but according to the town's head of engineering, Dave Burnside, "The project has not yet been approved to proceed to the Tender or construction phase."

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A Notice of Completion must first be published (September 22nd) and that then starts the 30-day review period during which time further written comments or concerns can be submitted to the town. If any concerns cannot be resolved between the party and the town, the party can then submit a request to the Ministry of the Environment, which in turn will be copied to the town, no later than October 22nd. If no requests are received by that date, the project can then go ahead, subject to Council's approval.

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