The capping of toxic sediment within Hamilton harbour remains on schedule and on budget, according city officials.
An update on the Randle Reef project has been presented to the Greater Bay Area Subcommittee, which meets to discuss items of mutual interest in Hamilton and Burlington.
Mark Bainbridge, Hamilton’s director of water and wastewater planning, says contractors are on track to finish building a giant steel container by the end of this year within the harbour.
Bainbridge adds that they’ve been able to maintain timelines despite high water levels which delayed the process of connecting the steel walls which make up the containment structure.
Phase 2 of the $139-million project starts next year when contractors, who have already been hired, will start sucking up 60 hectares of underwater coal tar and other contaminants and deposit it into the container.
The entire Randle Reef project is scheduled to be completed by 2022.
The eventual goal is the delisting of Hamilton Harbour as a toxic “area of concern.”
The federal and provincial governments are contributing to the $139 million cleanup, as well as the cities of Hamilton and Burlington, the Hamilton Port Authority and Stelco.
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