Port Granby Facility Road Network

The Municipality of Clarington is undertaking a Schedule ‘B’ Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) to investigate how the local transportation network can best serve the community as the Port Granby Project enters end use operations. The EA will be completed in accordance with the Municipal Engineers Association’s Municipal Class EA document dated October 2000, as amended in 2007, 2011 and 2015.

• Schedule ‘B’ Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Project File Report (PDF)
• Notice of Study Completion: Port Granby Project End Use Transportation Network MCEA

Public Information Centre #2

On March 3, 2022, Clarington hosted a virtual public information centre to review background information on the study, the proposed alternate solutions and evaluations, discuss the preferred solution, and learn about the next steps in the study. 

• Public Information Centre #2 Presentation (PDF)
• Public Information Centre #2 Meeting Recording (Video)

Provide comments

To provide your comments on this project, please email the Public Works Department or Ron Albright. When providing your feedback, you may consider:

1. Given your knowledge of the area, what concerns or issues may arise given the preferred option?
2. Does the preferred option align with your vision for the road network in Port Granby?
3. Are there other transportation improvements not presented at the PIC that you would like the team to consider? Please explain.
4. General comments on the project.

Project background

The Port Granby Project is part of the Government of Canada’s Port Hope Area Initiative (PHAI). The goal is to clean up historic low-level radioactive waste found in the Municipalities of Clarington and Port Hope. In March 2001, the Government of Canada signed a legal agreement with both municipalities launching the PHAI and establishing a plan for the Port Granby and Port Hope Projects.

Within the framework of this agreement, the Municipality of Clarington and Canada have negotiated terms for the maintenance and use of municipal roads for the Port Granby Project. Currently, Elliott Road from Concession Road 1 to the facility entrance is leased to Canada. At the end of the Elliott Road lease, Clarington can request removal of the road between the facility and Concession Road 1, initiate closure of the road or re-establish the road as a public highway. The Municipality needs to make this decision within the context of safe continued operation and end-use of the Port Granby facility considering the functionality of the local transportation network, including the following:

• The future role of Elliott Road, south of the facility
• The future role of Nichols Road, east of the facility
• The potential ultimate end use of the surrounding lands as a Nature Reserve
• Emergency access requirements for the Port Granby Waste Water Treatment Plant (PGWWTP)
• Ongoing access requirements for employees, site deliveries and hauling of residual waste from the PGWWTP to external licensed receiving sites.
• Other items that may be important to local residents or other road users

As the study progresses, Clarington will host public consultations and continue to update this page as more information becomes available. Learn more about the Port Granby Project.

Project team:

Public Works Department
Municipality of Clarington
40 Temperance Street
Bowmanville, ON L1C 3A6
905-623-3379

Ron Albright, P. Eng.
Project Director
CIMA+
415 Baseline Road West, 2nd Floor
Bowmanville, ON L1C 5M2
905-697-4464 ext. 6929