Fix could be delayed for Cape Breton town plagued by stinky sewage
Sep 24, 2019 | 1:29 PM
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INVERNESS, N.S. — Residents of a small community in Cape Breton are worried they’ll have to suffer through another year of putrid fumes wafting from an overworked sewage lagoon despite a highly publicized public protest.
Rose Mary MacDonald, president of the Inverness Development Association, says town council approved a plan in August that calls for completion of the final design for a new sewage treatment plant by November.
However, MacDonald says a provincial funding application for the new plant has yet to be submitted to the federal government, which means construction probably won’t be completed until the end of next summer.
The provincial Municipal Affairs Department couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
