Volume 3 - Program & Project Ideas (PDF - 4.5 - Natural Life Network

Natural Resources Canada – Community Energy Systems
Canadian Railway repair shop for eastern Canada. The site will be completed in 2012,
and will include: business and technology parks; a 45-acre common recreational area;
between 450 and 550 residential units; and a sports complex with an NHL size hockey
rink. The soil had been polluted with numerous industrial contaminants. Clean up will
cost from $12 to 15 million.
• It will create 300 person years of employment during the clean up.
• It will generate potential municipal tax revenue of nine million dollars.
• It can potentially create over 5000 permanent jobs for employees in the
industrial park.
• Urban sprawl will be reduced.
For additional information, contact the City of Moncton http://www.moncton.org/
- Case study: Argentia, NFLD
The land was used as a military site. Decommissioning began in 1995. Clean up will cost
$81 million for the 3640 ha site. The site will be used for a commercial and industrial
park.
• It will create $26.5 million in investment.
• It will create 630 construction jobs.
• Increase in property taxes collected to date of $195,000.
For more information, contact http://www.argentia.nf.ca
- Case study: Shawinigan, QC
The site was used by ICI to manufacture chlor-alkali and another manufacturing solvent.
The soil was heavily contaminated with mercury and chloride solvents. The ground
water is also severely contaminated. The three-acre site cost $10 million to clean up. Its
proposed use is a shopping mall.
Aerial photo of Shawinigan.
• Effective use of land and services will reduce sprawl, and save energy in
infrastructure cost construction.
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