Annual Report 2004 - Halifax Regional Municipality

In 2004, an additional $30 million in
funding has been provided to the Halifax
Harbour Solutions Project from the Canada
Strategic Infrastructure Program. This
funding will be utilized in the following
manner over the next five years: Increased
diffuser ratio ($2.5 million), a reduction in
combined sewer overflows ($15 million),
central biosolids dewatering facility ($3.5
million), pumping station upgrades ($9
million). Cashflows from this funding will
be realized when the Dartmouth Sewage
Treatment Plant is constructed beginning in
2005/2006.
I N I T I AT I V E S
Develop a strategy which will effectively
balance competing infrastructure maintenance
needs with the pressure to expand either
service levels or service boundaries.
Develop a sustainable funding strategy
for stormwater and wastewater services and
infrastructure.
Improve by-law service delivery through
streamlining business processes through
• the By-Law Integration Project
• Reducing the average response times
to complaints for: Noise, Solid Waste,
Sidewalk Snow & Ice Removal,
Dangerous & Unsightly Premises,
Smoking, and Pesticide Use
• issuing Summary Offense Tickets to
repeat offenders.
Implement the following environmental
sustainability initiatives:
• Climate change (vulnerability risk
assessment)
• Corporate sustainability analysis (The
Natural Step)
• Corporate green house gas reduction
• Green procurement
• “greening” the corporate culture
• Community based anti-idling awareness
campaign.
Review HRM’s animal control service to
determine its future service delivery model
and to improve current service through
performance measurement. ■
▲ (top of page) A bailey-type pipe bridge 62 metres long, weighing
over 39,000 kilograms (87,000 lbs) being lifted into place over the CN rail
cut in southend Halifax, Dec. 2004. The lift was accomplished using a 300
ton crane.
▲ (immediately above) Harbour Solutions Project Construction
Manager, Mike Kroger is interviewed by ATV’s Liz Rigney about the project,
Dec. 2004
(far left) In 2004, the Halifax tunnel and major underground piping was
substantially completed.
(immediate left) On-going construction on the Halifax Waste Water
treatment plant, Dec. 2004
▲ ▲
• 300 km combined sewers • 37,000 manholes Solid Waste Resources — 19,400 tonnes containers and paper recycled • 40,400 tonnes of organics composted • 150,800 tonnes refuse
processed • 74,000 tonnes C&D material received, with 50,000 tonnes recycled • 900 backyard composters sold • 5693 CFC removals • contracts signed for Materials Recover Facility and two
compost contracts valued at over $20,000,000 Strategic & Sustainable Resource Management — 90 + % of pesticide permit applications processed online • HRM emits about 120,000
tonnes of greenhouse gas per year • over 90% of HRM residents have transitioned to sustainable gardening and landscape maintenance practices Wastewater Treatment — 80,000 people
are serviced by 12 wastewater treatment facilities • Approx. 15 billion litres wastewater treated annually • 40 million litres biosolids processed annually • 400 million litres potable water treated
annually • Approx. 20 million cubic feet of biogas produced, which fuels onsite boilers, in turn providing heat for facilities, as well as for optimizing the digestion process.
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