The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority announced that Lafarge Canada has given notification it intends to proceed with the construction of a ready-mix concrete batch plant.
A concrete plant is one step closer to be being built in east Vancouver, despite sustained community opposition to the facility.
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) announced earlier this month that Lafarge Canada has given notification it intends to proceed with the construction of a ready-mix concrete batch plant.
It will be built on the former Sterling Shipyard site of the East Vancouver Port Lands at the foot of Victoria Drive on Commissioner Street.
“The design of the plant is not all that different than that proposed six years ago. However, the design engineer is redoing all the detailed plans, which includes building modifications, lower profile structure, an enclosed plant and different batching,” said Bruce Willmer, vice-president of Greater Vancouver Ready Mix Lafarge Canada Inc.
Lafarge has made the decision to move forward with the construction of the plant, but it has to update environmental studies and get the final approval from the port.
“They must now complete the work to fulfill and update the remaining conditions of the Approval in Principle. This work includes noise and air quality monitoring, as well as traffic impacts and marine habitat studies,” said a VFPA press release.
“New proposal elements will be subject to an environmental assessment process in accordance with the act.”
The Lafarge plant was approved in 2002, but local residents fought its construction in court, citing noise and air quality concerns.
The Burrardview Neighbourhood Association opposed the Lafarge project in the case British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Lafarge Canada Inc. and Vancouver Port Authority. The association argued that the City of Vancouver should have insisted that Lafarge obtain a city development permit for the project.
However, the Vancouver Port Authority (VPA) argued that it had interjurisdictional immunity as federal public property under the Constitution Act. Its also said itsmanagement is vital to the VPA’s federal undertaking in relation to navigation and shipping.
The Court ruled in favour of LaFarge in May 2007
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