Town awaits provincial approval for new construction debris pit

EAGLE STAFF

Workers were nearing the finish line but the demolition pit will require provincial approval before people can put material from old houses, among other things, in it.

The town had received permission to dig a new pit to accept construction débris but provincial officials would have to inspect it and issue a permit to operate it, public works superintendent Bob Bors told town councillors during their Oct. 6 meeting.

“Once the construction’s done, they will review that” before giving the town a permit for it, Bors explained.

A crew would also have to erect a fence around it, said Bors, who hadn’t been in contact with it recently and didn’t know how long that would take.

“We’re getting close” to completion, he said. Another crew was finishing the berm encircling the pit and he thought pipe system to collect any liquid seeping out of it had been installed, he said.