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MORE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY NEEDED FOR CHENAIL BOULEVARD GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca What’s down in the ground along Chenail Boulevard?
COUNCIL ORDERS SECOND ROUND OF TESTS
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GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
Le conseil municipal de Hawkesbury a approuvé les recommandations de son service des travaux publics et d’un consultant pour des tests environnementaux supplémentaires dans le quartier du boulevard Chenail afin de déterminer l’étendue et la nature de la contamination du sol. Ce quartier faisait autrefois partie du secteur industriel de la ville au début du siècle dernier et était l’ancien site d’une ligne de chemin de fer et de plusieurs dépôts de pétrole. —photo Gregg Chamberlain A consultant’s report recommends more FOWJSPONFOUBMTUVEZUPGPVOEPVU
More testing is planned for the Chenail Boulevard area as part of a municipal investigation of soil contamination in the neighbourhood. Town council approved recommen- EBUJPOT JOB SFQPSU GSPN1VCMJD8PSLT BOE&OHJOFFSJOH%JSFDUPS(VJMMBVNF#PV - drias during its October 26 session. The director’s report follows up on a recent consultant’s report on results of an envi- ronmental assessment of the area. %VSJOHUIFQBTUTFWFSBMEFDBEFTCFGPSF the boulevard was built and residential EFWFMPQNFOU UPPLQMBDF B SBJMXBZTQVS line ran through area and it was also the location for several oil storage depots and other commercial/industrial activities. 5IFSFXBTBMTPTPNFXPSLEPOFUPFYUFOE the original shore line for future deve- MPQNFOUVTJOHàMMNBUFSJBMPGiVOLOPXO RVBMJUZu 5IFNVOJDJQBMJUZ MBVODIFE JUT FOWJ - ronmental assessment of the area after SFDFJWJOH SFQPSUT GSPN UIF.JOJTUSZPG &OWJSPONFOUBOEBMPDBMEFWFMPQFSBCPVU
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