May 24, 2019
Harrietsfield, N.S., residents who have not been able to drink their contaminated well water for years may see some relief down the road with a $15-million cleanup fund announced Thursday.
Residents of the Halifax-area community have been pleading for something to be done with the site of the former RDM Recycling salvage yard, while the company's owners have been fighting ministerial orders to begin remediation work in court since 2016.
The province will put $8.3 million into the fund, with the remaining $6.7 million chipped in from the federal government. Halifax MP Andy Fillmore and Halifax Atlantic MLA Brendan Maguire made the announcement on Thursday.