The current landfill in La Ronge will be redeveloped with a number of improvements. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

By Derek Cornet

Infrastructure Improvement

Northern communities to transport waste to new La Ronge landfill

Mar 22, 2019 | 4:59 PM

Communities from Brabant Lake to Timber Bay will all soon transport garbage to a new landfill set to open south of La Ronge by mid-2020.

“It’s becoming increasingly common around the province,” said Lac La Ronge Regional Waste Management Corporation Manager Betty Hutchinson about the consolidation of landfills. “The old landfill will be closed and properly decommissioned. We don’t have the final plan for it.”

The redevelopment of the site will include the construction of a new access road via Highway 2 and will be located only a few kilometers out of Air Ronge across from the telecommunications tower. The new landfill will include the installation of a weigh scale, gate house and the construction of an equipment storage building. It will also be a lined-facility with a leachate collection system and water retention ponds.

Hutchison stated work on clearing the site began Feb. 28 with the construction of earthworks with building expected to start in the coming months. Once the site is fully-operational, the existing disposal area will be closed and decommissioned.

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“Joining up with the highway will be one of the last parts of the project,” she said.

As of Jan. 1, the Lac La Ronge Regional Waste Management Corporation became a wholly-independent operation and consists of the landfill and recycle depot in La Ronge. Current partners in the corporation include the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, La Ronge, Air Ronge and the surrounding subdivisions as represented by Northern Municipal Services.

La Ronge Mayor Ron Woytowich didn’t know many details of the new landfill yet, but stated council will likely receive a report about it at next week’s regular council meeting. He noted the total cost of the project will be in the millions of dollars, adding there will be funding from the federal and provincial governments. Woytowich said the new landfill will be state-of-the-art and will be used for a long time.

“This is a massive upgrade to meet all kinds of environmental rules and regulations,” he said.

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