Town council passed a resolution after a closed meeting on Oct. 13 seeking input on questions the town has for its urban centre wastewater servicing class environmental assessment.
Council is seeking potential agencies’ feedback, experience, descriptions of any issues as well as answers to the following questions:
– whether some development could/should be permitted prior to the completion and implementation of the Class EAs and, if so, under what conditions;
– whether there are options for development of lands on partial services that will not receive full services; and
– whether the above considerations would affect the three options for growth currently proposed to be assessed in the Class EAs.
Council also indicated it will be moving forward with releasing a request for letters of interest for the EA. The request, released shortly after the council meeting, discusses the background and project objectives.
“The purpose of the request for letters of interest is to continue with the next phases of the Class EA process for wastewater servicing,” states a press release. The request asks agencies to submit a letter of interest before Nov. 5 at 2pm.
The request also provided a quick background on Erin’s wastewater history, including the Servicing and Settlement Master Plan (SSMP).
“The SSMP concluded that a municipal sanitary sewage system consisting of collection and treatment components was the preferred wastewater servicing option for both communities,” it said.
The release states both Hillsburgh and Erin are to be serviced by a single wastewater treatment plant that would handle a population of 6,000 (4,500 currently, with 1,500 allocated for growth). The discharge location must be located between the 10th line of Erin and where the West Credit River crosses Winston Churchill Boulevard, according to the West Credit River Assimilative Capacity Study.
The request is the next step in the lengthy process of the Class EA. Services to both towns could potentially cost up to $58 million, with annual operating costs of $900,000.
