Municipality of the the District of Guysborough council has voted in favour of sending a letter to
Map showing the Irving Oil property on Main Street, Guysborough
the Department of Environment regarding an Irving Oil Ltd. property in the village at its regular council meeting. The site, formerly a gas station at 121 Main Street, has been vacant for over 15 years. Over that time MODG has approached Irving numerous times requesting that the site be cleaned up for aesthetic reasons.
This past October, MODG learned through a report submitted to Irving Oil Ltd. by Dillon Consulting, that the site’s soil and water was contaminated, and the contamination was migrating onto nearby properties. Guysborough District Warden Vernon Pitts says this matter has worn on long enough.
Having had little to no response or action over the years from Irving, MODG hopes that the province will move the remediation process forward.