Port Hope, September 15, 2006 – As part of the Port Hope Fall Fair’s 175th anniversary, Cameco’s Port Hope conversion facility and Zircatec introduced an exciting, new information exhibit featuring two scale models of the Vision 2010 project, along with a dozen other displays and two videos.
Vision 2010 is Cameco’s multimillion-dollar plan to renew and modernize the Port Hope conversion facility. The scale models demonstrate a “before” and “after” representation of the project, which is in Stage II of planning. The “after” model shows the site after the removal of more than 30 of the old buildings.
“This exhibit is part of our ongoing effort to provide information to the community,” says Bob Steane, vice-president, fuel services division, “and the fall fair gives us a great opportunity to create a special venue in which we can, not only provide information, but meet with thousands of people in our community. That’s why we’ve set up this big tent and created an environment that is relaxing, easy to browse through, and conducive to talking with our friends and neighbours and answering their questions,” says Steane. “We will have more than 50 employees from the conversion facility and Zircatec here each day to meet with visitors and talk about what we do at Cameco.”
Public involvement in Vision 2010 has been through the community Stakeholder Liaison Committee (SLC), which was setup by Gartner Lee Limited in 2005 as a means by which the community can provide input into the project. “This is a huge undertaking and we want the community to be a part of it,” says Aldo D’Agostino project manager for Vision 2010. “The SLC is a key component of our community involvement process.” The multi-million dollar project has an extensive planning team made up of some of the top engineering, architectural and design firms in the country: SNC-Lavalin, Zeidler Partnership Architects, Ferris + Associates Inc., Halsall Associates Limited and Gartner Lee Limited. Vision 2010 encompasses a number of planning objectives, which include: maximizing visual impact and site appearance and the creation of green space and landscaping; connecting to the waterfront trail; improved use of recreational areas and greater access and reconnection with the west beach and harbour and improving performance of the conversion operation.
Bob Steane emphasized that the primary objective of the new, information exhibit is to provide information for the community in an informal and easy-to-access environment. After the fair, all the information and display components will be used in various applications and venues throughout the community. The trees and shrubs are being donated to the new horticultural program, under the direction of James Quelch at Cobourg D.C.I. East. Steane also thanked everyone who was involved in making the exhibit possible, from landscapers and exhibit designers to model makers and employees.
