The City of Dryden wants to see what impact the Deep Geological Respository near Ignace will have on their community.
The city is sending out a Request For Proposals for the impact analysis.
Chief Administrative Officer Roger Nesbitt says the Nuclear Waste Management Organization is studying the impact of the DGR on Ignace and the Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation, but not the City of Dryden.
“Dryden is highly likely to absorb significant impacts, yet it is not a host community, and has not, to date, been the focus of independent study,” Nesbit told city council Monday night.
“Of course, these impacts will impact our municipal ratepayers, and the pressure increases on our services.”
Nesbitt suggest that because Dryden is the economic hub of the region, the DRG will have a significant impact on the community.
“The purpose is to do up a Dryden focused or Dryden centered Dryden impact analysis. An impact analysis would look at both the positive and negative impacts from the project. Population growth, from a social economic point, that’s one of the most significant areas of impact.”
Nesbitt says they want to see what impact the DGR will have on things like their population, health care system, infrastructure, schooling and housing.
He adds the city has not budgeted for the study and isn’t sure yet how much it might cost.
It’s expected it could take at least a year to complete the impact analysis.
