The Greater Sudbury Planning Committee is being asked to approve a plan to use the site of the dissolved Kingsway Entertainment District as a waste transfer facility.

The site, located off Levesque Street in the city’s Moonlight Beach neighborhood, is expected to be confirmed as zoned for heavy industrial use outside of the Ramsey Lake watershed through an official plan amendment.

The site, located off Levesque Street in the city’s Moonlight Beach neighborhood, is expected to be confirmed as zoned for heavy industrial use outside of the Ramsey Lake watershed through an official plan amendment. (Provided)

Planning staff is recommending approval, subject to several conditions.

The proposal includes an 880 square meter waste transfer station, a 1,530 square meter commercial garage, 420 square meters of office space, plus storage space for 100 trash cans, parking for 50 commercial vehicles, seven trucks light and another 100 parking spaces. spaces.

“The site will be operated by Waste Management Inc. and will allow for the consolidation of their operations in Greater Sudbury,” the staff report on the plan states.

“Waste Management’s current operations employ approximately 85 people.”

The facility will receive approximately 150 to 200 tons of non-hazardous solid waste which will be loaded for transfer to the approved disposal facility. Sorting, when required, will be done indoors.

“There is no outdoor storage,” the report states.

“The facility is expected to operate from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. to accept materials, and sorting and loading may also occur in the evening, depending on the acoustic assessment.”

An acoustic assessment will need to be carried out, which could result in restrictions on operating hours, as well as “maximum tonnage received, maximum on-site storage, disinfection procedures, site security, inspection standards and maintenance, staff training, record keeping, compliant intervention protocol. , emergency response, stormwater management, reporting and closure practices.

The site currently does not have water or sewer services, which are expected to be constructed as the project progresses.

The city’s Department of Environmental Services said that because the site is already close to the city’s landfill, more nuisance odors could be created and the developer must mitigate that possibility.

Additionally, he recommends ensuring that the operating keep’s documentation shows that the waste it collects is local and that it does not take waste from other communities.

The proposal will be considered at the planning committee meeting on November 13. Read the full report here.