Columbia Valley Pioneer staff
A new project is in the works at the Columbia Valley Landfill.
The regional district has awarded a contract to Mackay Contracting Ltd. to undertake one phase of the project that will start early in the new year.
The project will take a closed portion of the landfill and reshape it, adding a clay cap and top soil so that it is permanently closed.
This initiative is part of a progressive closure plan for portions of the landfill that have reached capacity and will no longer be accessed.
The RDEK says that progressive closure is a landfill practice they regularly use at the central subregion landfill and will “ensure proper contouring at the Columbia Valley site so that future sections identified for progressive closure can be seamlessly tied into this Phase 1 project.”
