While Esquimalt’s McLoughlin Point is already zoned for a sewage treatment plant, there’s no guarantee the township will allow one to be built there.
McLoughlin was the site the Capital Regional District settled on two years ago as the best spot to build a single regional treatment plant. That plan was abandoned after hundreds of people at days of public hearings urged Esquimalt council not to approve necessary zoning variances.
Esquimalt rejected the variances and the province refused to override the decision. Several councillors said at the time they would never approve a treatment plant there.
The question now is whether they will be more amenable to allowing a smaller plant.
