Municipal Works Yard Redevelopment

A study completed in 2016 laid out a multi-year plan to rebuild and reorganize all of the Municipal Works Yard facilities. The goal is to meet the City of Cornwall’s works service needs for the next fifty years.

Budget

The total estimated budget for the Works Yard Redevelopment Plan (2018 to 2025) is $32 million. Council has approved this budget [link to page], and it is included in the Long Term Financial Plan.

Reducing noise

A study found that a sound barrier should be built around the Municipal Works yard to reduce noise from yard operations.

The barrier will help in several ways

The recommended height and materials will lower noise to levels that meet provincial guidelines. The barrier will also reduce light from the yard at night and provide security. The outside of the barrier will look nice. It is recommended that the barrier be made of modular concrete, similar to the noise barrier wall on the east side of Brookdale Ave.

Funding:

• $829,700 from Financing

• $45,300 from Development Charges

• $875,000 Total

Standby power generator

As part of the Municipal Works Yard redevelopment plan, a new standby power generator is needed. This generator would have enough power to run all current and future Works Yard facilities during a power outage.

Funding:

• $853,400 from Financing

• $46,600 from Development Charges

• $900,000 Total

Employee parking lot

The new employee parking lot will be built on empty city-owned land on the south side of Twelfth St, right next to the Municipal Works yard. The finished parking lot will have 105 parking spots. That is enough for current and future staff as well as any visitors.

Funding:

• $218,000 from Financing

• $12,000 from Development Charges

• $230,000 Total

Designing a new administration building

We are hiring an architectural firm to design the new building and supervise its construction. The design will be finished in 2019, and construction will begin in 2020.

Funding:

• $426,700 from Financing

• $23,300 from Development Charges

• $450,000 Total

Building a new salt management facility

A new modern salt storage building will be built with room for 6,000 tonnes of road salt. That is enough salt for an entire winter. All the salt would be delivered within two weeks in early fall, well before winter begins.

Facility benefits

The facility would help us meet current environmental standards and follow all Salt Management Plan recommendations. The salt would also stay much drier because it would be protected from bad weather. Wet weather can cause salt to clump. Dry salt spreads evenly without clumps, which reduces waste. 

Funding:

• $2,370,600 from Financing

• $129,400 from Development Charges

• $2,500,000 Total

Our first net-zero energy ready building

The City of Cornwall has finished its first net-zero energy ready building. This is an important step forward from the City's Climate Action Plan. The building uses renewable and low-carbon energy sources. This is part of Cornwall's work to become a low-carbon community

Sharing the plans

To help other groups build similar net-zero ready buildings, the City of Cornwall will share the feasibility report, design drawings and specifications for the new Municipal Administration building.

Making the drawings and specifications available will help industry professionals, other municipalities and developers learn from Cornwall's design choices, building methods and technology. This way, they can also build net-zero ready buildings in the future.