Brownfield Cleanup

A large portion of River Landing Phase II was once occupied by a power plant and rail yard facilities. While the plant has been demolished and the land cleaned to industrial standards, contaminants remain rendering it unusable for public/residential use. A major public benefit of the project involves the clean-up of the site and mitigation of contaminated soil – showing the nation that these sites can be redeveloped into environmentally sensitive, attractive public facilities.

Led by the Environmental Services Branch, the City engaged the services of Pinter and Associates to develop a remediation plan, generate tender documents, and supervise the contractor to bring soil standards from commercial/industrial to residential/parkland in certain parcels of land designated for development as residential or parks. This was largely completed in 2006.

Subsequent construction work around the new streets in Phase II has found certain pockets of soil above commercial criteria. This soil requires additional testing and remediation which has, so far, increased the cost of remediation.

Last updated March 5, 2008