A Solid Waste Division project in the Town of The Blue Mountains is getting significant provincial funding.
The town applied to the Municipal Greenhouse Gas Challenge Fund for support for a project that will replace tanker haulage of landfill leachate with a pump station and force main.
Over the last two years, the town hauled about 25,000 L of leachate in over 700 diesel truckloads.
This new project will reduce equivalent carbon dioxide tonnes by switching fuel sources and fitting the pump station with a photovoltaic renewable energy source.
MPP Jim Wilson will be presenting a cheque for $2.3-million Friday afternoon at the town hall in Thornbury.
The town will contribute $250,000 and $75,000 in-kind to the $2.6-million project and will benefit from annual operational savings of about $75,000.
Additional benefits include reduced local truck traffic and a reduction in leachate-related odours.
