Environmental necessities will decide how Industrial Avenue berm completed – Medicine Hat News
September 7, 2017
Construction of the new Industrial Avenue berm will be supervised by an archaeologist, and future phases could be subject to strict environmental regulations, it was revealed at council on Tuesday.
As first reported in the News on Aug. 25, local firm MJB Enterprises had won a $1.23-million contract to build the first phase of the flood defence system this fall.
That will essentially extend protection from the Lion’s Park Berm to a spur rail line about 500 metres south, while a second phase is being delayed while land is being arranged.
At committee level that delay was explained as due diligence, but a briefing note presented to council confirms environmental testing is taking place to fully evaluate land the city is seeking to purchase from private landowners for right-of-way.
