february 10, 2021
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Plans for Agri-Food Industrial Park Taking Shape in Vegreville Michelle Pinon News Advertiser Plans for the multi-million agri-food industrial park in Vegreville are in the works and soon residents will be given the opportunity to participate in the naming of the parcel of land which is currently referred to as SE 17.
Elected officials stand on the future site of the agri-food industrial park. (Michelle Pinon/File Photo)
Dale Lefebvre, Director of Infrastructure, Planning & Development for the Town of Vegreville, said the project is being designed in three sections and construction is scheduled for this spring. He explained, the “On-Site� servicing design encompasses the actual development of the Industrial lots totaling approximately 82 acres for a total of 19 lots varying in size from as large as 15 acres down to as small as 1.5 acres. “This includes managing a natural wetland on site as well as deep services, (water and sanitary), storm water flow and storage design, roads, electricity, natural gas, data lines, and street lighting. We are currently working with an environmental consultant to complete the wetland requirements. Once completed, we can set the elevation for this portion of the development and complete the detailed design. We are estimating that the “On Site� design is just over 70 percent complete, and tender documents are at 50 percent complete. The next one is the “Sanitary Lift Station� This lift station is being designed to manage the needs of this development as well as future expansions to the Industrial area. Included with the lift station facility will be an automated septic receiving station. This lift station is being designed as a stand-alone building that will contain the required pumps, controls and communication systems that will provide future services for much more development than the current area. This Lift station also has additional pump chambers and has been pre designed with the ability to increase the amount and size of pumps to easily achieve additional pumping capacity as needed. The Lift Station design is 85 percent complete and
the tender documents are at 80 percent complete. Then there is the “Off Site� design that is focusing on the sanitary force main line that will take the effluent from the new lift station just over two kilometers to the primary cells of the Town’s Lagoon System where the treatment process begins. This is the same lagoon that the Town is currently using. It was constructed approximately forty years ago for a population of around 20,000. It is currently underutilized and definitely has the treatment capacity for this and future developments. Off Site servicing also includes extending our municipal water supply to the industrial development, and providing water service upgrades to the existing businesses along 51 Avenue. We are estimating that the “Off Site� design is just over 75 percent complete and tender documents are at 50 percent complete.� In terms of financing of the development, it is a three way partnership between the Town of Vegreville, the Alberta Government, and the Government of Canada. The Town is providing $1.65 million while the Province is supplying $3.3 million and the Federal Government is investing $4.95 million into the project. During the official announcement on September 2, 2020, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville MLA Jackie ArmstrongHomeniuk said the investment would create approximately 200 jobs and diversify the provincial economy.
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