By Ian Holmes

Working overtime: more noise expected from Hammond Bay construction site

May 30, 2018 | 4:12 PM

NANAIMO — A massive project is expected to generate temporary around-the-clock noise at the Greater Nanaimo Pollution Control Centre (GNPCC) construction site in Hammond Bay.

A noise bylaw exemption from City Hall was granted to allow crews to work outside regular hours on Thursday and Friday at the Regional District of Nanaimo’s ongoing Secondary Treatment Upgrade Project.

The RDN anticipates crews to be on site between 6 a.m. Thursday and midnight Friday.

RDN project coordinator James Haddou told NanaimoNewsNOW concrete trucks and other equipment cause noise, which has led to localized concerns.

“For a project of this scale it’s relatively few (complaints) and we’re doing whatever we can to try and keep people aware and communicate expectations to them so there are no surprises.”

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He said more concrete pours than normal are being done this week, requiring crews to work beyond the City’s permitted construction times of 7 a.m and 9 p.m.

“There have been some noise exemptions in the past and there could be more in the future,” Haddou said.

He said traffic, noise and dust are the most common complaints they hear and steps were taken to minimize concerns.

Haddou said their online construction page includes updates on various stages of the project.

The RDN has an $82-million budget to add secondary treatment and increase capacity to handle liquid waste and sewage for 93,000 people in the City of Nanaimo, Snuneymuxw First Nation and parts of Lantzville.

Construction started in May of last year and is slated to be complete at the end of 2019.

Upgrading the GNPCC follows a 2016 project involving the installation of a new outfall pipe, which extends from the property to the Strait of Georgia.

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