The province's Utility and Review Board is dismissing an appeal by group in the city to build a construction and demolition transfer and processing facility in Blockhouse. The regulatory board released their final decision in a 118-page document this morning. In their decision, the board says a draft version of a development agreement by Halifax C and D was not complete and lacked provisions which addressed various policies of the Blockhouse Secondary Planning Strategy. Municipality of Lunenburg mayor Don Downe feels the URB made the decision based on compatibility and nuisance.
Municipal council rejected the development agreement in June, which prompted the appeal from Halifax C and D. Downe feels it was municipal process that helped quash the move.
The mayor expects residents to be pleased with a decision today by the Utility and Review Board. The facility was being proposed for the Cornwall Road. Halifax C and D has 30 days to appeal the URB decision to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.
