The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George board approved a $300,500 remedial earthworks project to deal with settling issues in a closed section of the Foothills landfill and extend the site's life span.
The district issued a contract to strip, separate and stockpile the cover material on the closed eastern portion of the landfill at their regular monthly meeting earlier this month. The project will require building an access road for heavy equipment to access the area, and decommissioning gas extraction wells and leachate infiltration galleries in the area.
"The existing closed eastern portion of Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill is experiencing significant differential settlement," district general manager of environmental services Petra Wildauer wrote in a report to the board. "This causes concern for the long-term performance of the environmental controls located in this portion of the landfill. Environmental controls include the leachate recirculation and landfill gas collection system."
The contract was awarded to Twin Rivers Development, the current contractor doing compaction and cover management at the landfill.
"The remediation project will allow for environmental concerns of the closed eastern portion of Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill to be addressed and alleviated. In addition, the remediation project provides additional fill space for approximately two to three years and opportunity to improve the landfill gas collection system," Wildauer wrote. "Extending the life span of Cell 1 at the primary municipal waste disposal facility benefits the entire regional district."
The regional district board also approved nearly $164,000 for an engineering contract to redesign Cummings Road Regional Transfer Station located southeast of the airport.
"The Cummings Road Regional Transfer Station requires redevelopment," district solid waste and waste diversion coordinator Anson Hardjojo wrote in a report to the board in February. "The Cummings Road Regional Transfer Station has outgrown the current design and requires upgrades and expansion to improve waste diversion opportunities for rural residents and improve site safety for customers, haulers and onsite staff."
