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Public comments sought for Craigleith sewage project

Development pressures in and near Craigleith have created the need for an expansion of sewage capacity in the area
CollingwoodToday Staff
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The Craigleith Wastewater Treatment plant.Chris Fell/CollingwoodToday

The Town of the Blue Mountains is advising the public that it has completed the schedule B municipal class environmental assessment for the Craigleith Wastewater Treatment Plant sewage pumping station.

The purpose of the EA study was to determine the preferred approach to meet increasing sewage flows at the Craigleith Sanitary Pumping Station and improve facility operations in terms of reliability, safety, noise and odour. In order to meet future needs of the upstream collection system, a review of alternatives identified the following preferred solution:

  • Extending of the sewage collection system to the existing gravity sewer on the southern boundary of the intersection of Grey Road 21 and Highway 26. The sewer will proceed north within the Long Point Road allowance and terminate at the Craigleith Wastewater Treatment Plant (CWWTP).
  • Construction of a new sanitary pumping station to be located on the existing treatment plant property on Long Point Road.
  • Relocation of the hauled leachate and septage receiving station to the treatment plant, where it will be co-located with the new sanitary pumping station.

The study was conducted in accordance with the requirements of Phases 1 and 2 of the municipal class EA process which is an approved process under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act.

The project file for this project provides a detailed summary of the technical, public consultation and environmental investigations that were undertaken in order to comply with the Schedule B requirements and to select the preferred alternative. The complete project file report and other information are available on the town’s project web page here.

Interested individuals or organizations may provide written comments to the town on the proposed works within 30 calendar days of March 30, 2023 - when notice of completion was issued. Comments should be directed to Jamie Witherspoon of WT Infrastructure Solutions Inc. and Allison Kershaw, Town of the Blue Mountains.

Their contact information is as follows:

More information about the process is available here.