Mission accomplished.
That was the sentiment expressed at last week’s meeting of Deep River council, as it wrapped up its four-year mandate ahead of this week’s municipal elections.
On the table at last week’s meeting was a progress report with regard to the strategic plan which council passed at the beginning of its mandate, covering the years from 2024 to 2027.
Deep River’s chief administrative officer, Sean Patterson, highlighted a number of accomplishments council made in achieving the goals of the strategic plan, including $18.3 million in capital expenditures and a 35 percent increase in capacity at the town’s wastewater treatment plant.
That was thanks to council’s efforts to get the plant’s capacity re-rated by the province, rather than undertaking a costly expansion of the facility.
Patterson also pointed to the fact more than 200 residential housing units are in advanced stages of planning and design.
“It’s taken a long time, I appreciate that, but we’ve got some shovels in the ground. We’ve got some significant investments made by developers to get things going,” he said of those projects, while also stressing the importance of getting the wastewater treatment plant re-rated to allow for them to be built in the first place.
“I don’t think we can overstate the importance of that. The work that’s gone into getting that 35-percent back is absolutely huge,” Patterson said…
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