Neepawa landfill closed for good
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- Published on Thursday, December 1, 2016
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Town of Neepawa media release
The old Neepawa Waste Disposal Grounds, located approximately 1.9km east of Neepawa, was opened in the late 1940’s and had been used since that time by the Town, surrounding residents and local industry for the disposal of household and industrial waste. The site was discontinued for use in 2004, in conjunction with the opening of Evergreen Environmental. The Town has been in the process of finalizing and budgeting/saving for the closure since 2004.
In 2014, the Town issued a Request for Proposals for consultants for the decommissioning of the landfill, which was awarded to MMM Group. The MMM Group provided a Closure Plan, which was approved by Manitoba Conservation, allowing the Town to issue a Request for Tenders for the General Contracting of the decommissioning.
The Tenders received were well-over the Town’s proposed budget, therefore the Town rejected all bids and developed a plan to decommission the Landfill as its own General Contractor, at much lower costs, providing a significant savings for the Town of Neepawa.
•Tenders Received: $1.4 - $2.6 Million
•Budgeted amount: $635,000
•Total Cost for the decommissioning: $305,000
•Total Savings for the Town: $1.1 - $2.3 Million
The Town was able to achieve savings as General Contractor in a number of ways, including utilizing and sourcing fill locally from the newly excavated Manitoba Hydro site, as well as reducing trucking costs and fill purchase costs. For the 10-acre site, the volume of fill required was over 50,000 yards.
The Town of Neepawa was pleased to use many local contractors for this project, including P. Baker Backhoe, Rob Smith & Son Ltd, Northstar Seed Ltd, Paddock Drilling and Richmond Surveys, as well as Town staff. The Town wishes to extend their appreciation and acknowledge the donated time, resources and manpower of TIC Parts and Service Ltd. who provided a tractor and heavy harrows to prepare the soil for seeding; and Munro Farm Supplies Ltd for providing the floater for the application of grass seed for the final cover on the site.
Working closely with Manitoba Conservation (now Manitoba Sustainable Development) throughout the process of decommissioning the old landfill has proven valuable to ensure that all regulatory requirements could be met in a manner that greatly reduced the related financial impact. Although the process and undertaking was onerous, we are confident that our application to obtain approval for the final closure of the landfill will be accepted and approved by the Province in due course.
For further information, please contact the Town Administration Office at (204) 476-7600.
