Two major announcements for the City of Edmundston

Jul 26, 2022

Today, René Arseneault, Member of Parliament for Madawaska-Restigouche, on behalf of the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities; the Honourable Gary Crossman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation; and His Worship Éric Marquis, Mayor of the City of Edmundston, announced joint funding for solar energy generation at Centre Jean-Daigle and sewer separation work in East Edmundston.

With this funding, the City of Edmundston will install an array of solar panels on the roof of the Jean-Daigle Centre, in the area surrounding the amphitheatre, and on the Energy Edmundston building and surrounding land, in addition to building an energy storage system. This is the community's first solar energy project. The panels, once installed, will produce the equivalent of 1 megawatt of energy that may be used to operate the building's systems and to help support the City's energy during peak usage hours.

The City will also use this funding to replace its existing combined sanitary and storm sewer system with separate systems on several streets in East Edmundston. Additionally, the City will install new water mains at multiple locations. This project will increase the City's capacity to manage wastewater and stormwater and increase access to potable water for residents. (Source: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/canada-and-new-brunswick-invest-in-solar-energy-generation-and-sewer-infrastructure-in-edmundston-865745100.html)

"These projects aim to reduce the municipality's environmental impacts, increase our renewable energy production of and improve our water and sewage system, which is in line with the City of Edmundston’s Green Plan objectives as well as our Sustainable Development plan," explained the Mayor of the City of Edmundston, Eric Marquis. “The City of Edmundston, Edmundston Energy and the Public Works Department are proud and motivated to undertake these projects in the near future,” he concludes.

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CONTACT: Annie Dancause, Communications, City of Edmundston, 506.739-2085, annie.dancause@edmundston.ca