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Page 2 The Independent Thursday, March 16, 2017 Dawn-Euphemia mayor hopes greenhouse project will attract new residents
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300 people depending on the type of crop grown. Of cials are considering peppers, tomatoes or cucumbers.
able water we have in our system and what could be done to bring more water down,” says Broad. “The engineer is looking at it to see what capacity we have in our system and how much Enniskillen has in their system and maybe what Petrolia has in its system.”
presently using today.”
There will be some direct eco-
and not tear down a house, that would be good. We want to keep our schools open... and we need families within the community to do that.”
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nomic bene t to the project for the municipality. The operation will pay agricultural taxes and some extra revenue will be generated for the water system.
Dawn-Euphemia Mayor Al Broad says his municipality is doing everything it can to get a new greenhouse operation off the ground.
Broad says township staff have been working with the company to try to secure a large enough water supply for the 100-acre project.
Broad is excited to see the project move ahead saying it will create local jobs and perhaps at- tract more people to live in Dawn- Euphemia.
Greenhill hopes to start con- struction this summer and Broad believes it can be done.
Greenhill Produce from Chat- ham-Kent plans to build a $80 to $100 million facility in Edys Mills. The company hopes to break ground this summer and could employ between 150 and
Dawn-Euphemia gets its water from Enniskillen, which in turn buys water from the Town of Petrolia.
While Broad didn’t know exact gures off the top of his head, the project will need a lot of water.
“Absolutely, we hope we can get it up and running this summer.
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A long awaited x is coming to one of Petrolia’s most complained about roads this summer.
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After more than a decade of complaints and planning, Florence, Kerby and Egan Streets will be repaired in Petrolia. But it will take two years to do it.
Mayor John McCharles says MIG Engineering examined the sewer system underneath the road and found some of
If the federal grant doesn’t come in, a report from staff says the town would re- prioritize other projects, perhaps taking the $900,000 set aside for repairing roads to complete the Florence, Kerby, Egan project.
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During an in-camera session Monday night, town councillors approved a contract with MIG Engineering to be the contractor on the project. Florence, Kerby and Egan are the last streets in Petrolia with water and sewage running together. The project will be divided into two phases, with the rst likely starting
it didn’t need to be replaced. “there was some newer sewer lines there that were replaced a couple of years ago and they’re still in good shape,” he says.
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“We have an engineer presently working to see how much avail-
“If the total project moves forward, the amount of water used will be more than the township is
“If I can get one family to move into my municipality, to move in
“Our council is going to do everything we possibility can to make sure this thing ies, within reason.”
Florence-Kerby-Egan gets $2.6 million x
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at the end of June to coincide with the end of school at Queen Elizabeth II School, according to town of cials. The total cost of the project is expected to be $2.6 million – about $700,000 less than was rst anticipated.
province about $613,000 – although of cial word is likely to come at the end of this month. The town’s portion of the construction – about $1.35 million – will come out of the sewer and water reserves.
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And McCharles and Chief Administrative Of cer Manny Baron say both the federal and provincial government have committed to funding the project – the feds kicking in about $628,000 and the
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Record high winds in southern Ontario pushed Petrolia and Central Lambton into the dark Wednesday for about eight hours. The winds, which gusted close to 90 km/h, tore o shingles and brought down trees, including this one on the corner of Green eld and Du erin. The owner, who was hard at work cleaning up the mess, said he had planned to cut the tree down this year anyway because it had ro ed.
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the long run. “I read a report which said kids go to university and never come back – but kids who have a really good experience in the community and learn to be involved in the community will come back.”
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Council was supportive of the program although Councillors Mary-Pat Gleeson and Ross O’Hara voiced concern about on-going funding for the drop-in centre.
But Gleeson says a drop-in centre may help encourage students to stay in the community in
Registrations will be accepted April 1 and the centre is expected to open in May.
Baron expects the project will go to tender in April and it would take a month to gure out who the contractor would be.
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Construction is likely to start after the school year ends but would stretch into the fall.
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