Online Consultation: Premier Gateway Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study
Online Consultation: Premier Gateway Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study
About the project
Study overview
With new development happening in the Premier Gateway Employment Area, there is a need for a new wastewater pumping station. The station will service businesses and homes in the area along Steeles Avenue between Ninth Line South and Winston Churchill Boulevard. In the future, the new wastewater pumping station will also service employment lands north of Phase 2B of the Premier Gateway Employment Area.
Wastewater collected at the station will be sent through the Regional wastewater collection system to the Mid-Halton Wastewater Treatment Plant, where it will be treated and safely returned to the environment.
Wastewater pumping stations are essential in areas where gravity alone cannot transport wastewater. While wastewater normally flows from high to low ground elevations, the wastewater pipes can get too deep over long distances or when there are large changes in ground elevation. By lifting wastewater to a higher elevation, the station allows it to flow by gravity to the treatment plant.
The wastewater pumping station will be designed to blend in with the surrounding structures, with most of the station’s components being underground. To mitigate any impacts on the community, the station will have an odour control unit to treat the air and reduce odours. The Region will also conduct studies to make sure that noise from the pumping station does not exceed relevant guidelines (external link).
This project is part of the long-term strategy identified in the 2008 South Halton Water and Wastewater Master Plan Update and confirmed in the 2011 Sustainable Halton Water and Wastewater Master Plan, ensuring that the Region can meet the needs of the community now and in the future.
Study area
Preliminary preferred location
The Region has identified two possible locations—each about 100 metres by 100 metres—for the new wastewater pumping station. One option is at the east end of the study area, and the other is at the west end.
The two sites were compared and evaluated based on their impacts on social, natural, technical, legal, jurisdictional, economic environments. Climate change was also considered in the evaluation.
The preliminary evaluation favours the site at the east end of the study area for the following reasons:
- The pumping station would not need to be as deep and therefore is easier to construct.
- This option is more cost-effective.
The preferred site is considered preliminary until the public, approval agencies, Indigenous Communities and First Nations, and other interested parties provide input on this study.
Public Information Centre materials
Between October 23 and November 23, 2024, we held an online consultation on the study findings to date. Thank you to everyone who provided valuable input on the study! To review the information presented during this period, please watch or listen to the videos below. You can also access a PDF copy of the presentation (PDF file).
Halton Hills #4 Wastewater Pumping Station – PIC video
Share your feedback
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Next steps and anticipated timing
The MCEA begins, and the Notice of Commencement is published
- Public Information Centre to present the project and preliminary preferred alternative
- Collect feedback from interested and affected parties
- Review feedback and prepare a draft Project File Report to document the planning and decision-making process
- Issue the Notice of Completion and file the Project File Report for public review
Anticipated start of construction
This study is being conducted in accordance with the planning and design process for Schedule B projects as outlined in the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment process (external link) (October 2000, as amended 2007, 2011, 2015, 2023 and 2024), which is approved under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act, RSO. 1990.