Representatives from CRCAG met with representatives from Alberta Transportation, Environment and Sustainable Resource Development and Stantec on December 11, 2014 to get updates for the Springbank off-stream Reservoir Project (SR1).
Highlights from Meeting
- Responsibilities
- Alberta Transportation – Design and Build of project
- Stantec – Engineering and Environmental Review
- ESRD – Coordinate the overall approach to flood mitigation
- Background and completed work to date
- AMEC Feasibility study completed
- SR1 – Conceptual Design completed/ working on Environmental Impact Assessment and Detailed Engineering.
- SR1 – Early stages of both: Engineering and Design as well as Environmental (EIA)
- Stantec – working on desktop EIA
- SR1 timeline was reviewed:
- Cost / Benefit for SR1 project – January 2015
- Canadian Environment Agency (CEA) – unknown impact to project timeline – desktop project to be submitted for February 2015
- Landowner discussions to access land – scheduled for April 2015
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report – scheduled completion Q1 2016 (full year study)
- Timelines for SR1 have moved out significantly with the new development of a National Resources Conservation Board (NRCB) environmental, economic and social impact review process that has never before been discussed – currently estimating 11-12 months into 2017
- Permit Process – no timeline given
- Construction – 2017 – 18-24 month construction (one full year later than mentioned by Kyle Fawcett at our November 14th meeting)
- Full operation of SR1 – 2019
- Open House consultations for SR1
- January 27th – Mount Royal University
- January 28th – Cochrane RancheHouse
In Attendance: Mark Svenson (Transportation), Brittany Goulding (ESRD), Russ Mackenzie (Stantec), Truper McBride (Stantec), Megan Young (Communica), Tony Morris (CRCAG), Daryl Rudichuk (CRCAG), David Carlson (CRCAG), Steve Forrest (CRCAG).