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At the regular session of
Town Council on January
8th, council approved a
request of approximately
$25,000 from finance
director Jim Davis as part
of its contribution to a wind
energy feasibility study.
The town had already
invested $25,000 in the
process and will continue
to apply to the Nova Scotia
government, the Federation
of Canadian Municipalities
(Green Funds), and the
Nova Scotia Department of
Environment and Labour
for the remainder of the
study costs.
If the town is successful
in obtaining the total amount
of funding necessary for the
project, it hopes that a tower
to monitor and measure the
wind resource can be set
up behind the Nova Scotia
Community College Strait
Campus.
The project would
involve two phases.
Study A would include
the procurement and
installation of a temporary,
50-meter, wind-monitoring
tower. Tentative timetable
for Study A is April, 2008
through March, 2009 and
for Study B, September,
2008 through March, 2009.
Study B would
include a wind energy
implementation and a
detailed costing study. The
town would carry out the
study with experts in the
field and hopes to supply
power to the wastewater
treatment plant and the
Nova Scotia Community
College Strait Campus.
It would also explore the
possibility of selling any
excess power to Nova
Scotia Power.
The project fits well
with the Strait-Highlands
Region Green Action plan.
The proposed turbines could
also displace a significant
amount of greenhouse
gas emissions in the Strait
area.
Town officials and
faculty and administration
at the NSCC Strait Campus
are also excited about the
educational opportunities
such a project might create,
both short- and long-term.
“We’ve been working with
the RDA and the town, and
we think we have a suitable
location in back of the
campus. We look forward
to the opportunities such
hands-on experience with
wind turbines could bring
to our students, and we
believe we have a lot to
offer. There’s a very active
committee here on campus
looking into environmental
improvements,” NSCC
principal Bert Lewis said
yesterday.
Port Hawkesbury
Mayor Billy Joe MacLean
hopes to see the day when
many wind turbines are
operating in the Strait.
“Wouldn’t it be wonderful
to be self-sufficient over
the next ten to twenty years.
I’m a believer in greenhouse
gas emissions controls and
a believer in conservation
and wind energy. I think
this is a wonderful project,
and we’re just beginning. If
we’re going to be part of the
system in eastern Canada to
create new energy at lower
costs we must get on board
and start looking to our
future,” he said.
Town attempts to access BCF for infrastructure upgrades
-by John Gillis
The Town of Port
Hawkesbury will be
making an application to
the Canada-Nova Scotia
Infrastructure Building
Canada Fund (BCF) in
hopes of obtaining funding
towards an estimated $3
million need for future street
and sidewalk improvements.
Deadline for the next round
of funding is January 30th.
Applications received
after that date would be
considered in future rounds
of intake for which the next
deadline is August 31st,
2008.
If the town is successful
in its application it has
expressed it is quite willing
to float a debenture to pay
its third of the share of the
costs involved. Under the
fund, the other two thirds
of projects approved would
be met by the federal and
provincial governments.
Councillor Jim King
headed up a committee
determining the needs of
the town with regards to
infrastructure, and he and the
other committee members
have put forward a plan
based on their findings.
Mayor MacLean is also
chair of the sustainable
communities committee
and has requested to attend
a conference in Ottawa
this year where he hopes
to press for the need for the
infrastructure funding.
“One of the big
priorities here right now is
Granville Street and the Port
Hawkesbury waterfront,
and we have about $1.5
million projected in costs to
deal with that area; and I’ve
always had the belief to do
　
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