The City of Thetford Mines draws up a positive assessment of 2023 and looks forward to 2024 with optimism.
During the civic reception for business people, Mayor Marc-Alexandre Brousseau specified that the value of the work in 2023 stood at $85,371,874, the second best result in the City's history. Over the last 12 months, 32 new residential constructions were erected. Of this number, there are 98 new housing units, which is another record. Industries and businesses also contribute to increasing the figures with large-scale projects, including the construction of a new building for the VFL Group inc. ($3.3 million), a major expansion at Récupération Frontenac ($1.9 million) and the arrival of the Wendy's franchise.
Achievements are also increasing in the institutional sector with major work at the wastewater treatment plant ($5.3 million), at the Cégep de Thetford residences ($2.7 million) and at the Saint-Louis school ($1 million). $).
The list of short and medium term projects is already very impressive for 2024, particularly the housing supply which could, according to the files under study, reach 323 units. The coming months will also be the scene of the new industrial park on Caouette Street, of which approximately 60% of the space has already found a buyer, the construction of the new indoor sports complex at the Cégep in particular.
Mine restoration pilot project | Frontenac mining site in East Broughton retained
The government of Quebec selected the project of the company Les Sables OLIMAG to carry out a characterization study of a former asbestos mining site with a view to its restoration.
The announcement was made by the MP for Lotbinière-Frontenac, Isabelle Lecours. Financial and technical assistance of up to $6 million over two years will be used to characterize the Frontenac mining site, located in East Broughton, in the area previously known as East Broughton Station.
The owner of the selected company, Claude Gosselin, explains that the site includes a tunnel and a water network which comes from three surfaces. Storm Irene in 2011 caused damage in particular.
The characterization of this former asbestos mining site will provide knowledge on the repercussions of asbestos mining residues in the environment and their management.
La project Broughton Wind Farm was selected by Hydro-Québec.
It was presented by Pattern Renewable Holdings Canada 2 ULC in collaboration with the MRC des Appalaches and de l'Érable, and the Abenaki Council of Odanak and that of Wôlinak. The project aims to create around twenty wind turbines located in the territories of the municipalities of Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus and the City of Thetford Mines.
Hydro-Québec launched a call for tenders on March 31, 2023, at the end of which it retained eight bids, from five different promoters, for a total of 1,550 megawatts (MW) of contractual power. Electricity purchase contracts with the developers will be concluded in the coming weeks, which will subsequently be submitted to the Régie de l'énergie for approval.
