The Town of Hudson Bay has received grants for two projects through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP).
The most expensive project, but one likely to be completed soon, is the sewage lift station #1, and upgrading the force main. Chief administrative officer Teresa Parkman says it will be almost a complete overhaul of the lift station.
“Basically to replace the whole number one lift station with the mechanics, the building, the pumps,” she said. “And also, the sewer force main to make that bigger.”
Parkman added that almost all of the groundwater, sewage, and residential weeping tile go through and it gets pumped into the lagoon, but there have been issues.
“It would get overloaded if we ended up with summer storms or a lot of heavy rain,” she said. “And we’d end up having to set up extra pumps in order to keep it up.”
Parkman said it’s a project that needed to be done and it’s nice to get some funding to help relieve some of the pressures on the municipality.
Talks with contractors have already begun and designs have gone back and forth for the project. Parkman said the project will likely begin construction in 2021 and should be ready for use by 2022.
The town also received ICIP funding for their Aquatic Centre Renewal Project. That project began almost two years ago when a group wanted to fundraise to revitalize the pool in Hudson Bay. That group approached council to start fundraising for the pool that has been in the town since the 1980’s and there were concerns around the pool each year to make sure it could be up and running.
The timeline for the project is still unknown, but it originally might have been a five- or even ten-year plan.
“It’s happening way sooner than we ever expected,” Parkman said. “So this is great.”
The project would essentially completely replace the old pool, except for the shower house which will remain.
For both projects, the federal government will cover about 40 per cent of the project, the provincial will cover about 33 per cent, and the municipality will cover what is remaining.
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